Browsing to directory doesn't open index.htm

[Tarantulus]

hi guys,

this is probably a stupid question, but can anyone explain to me why when I navigate to www.mydomain.com it doesn't open the index.html file?

I have the following directive in my httpd.conf file:

DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.php index.php3 default.html index.cgi index.htm

any ideas are appreciated as always

[numberwhun]

@Tarantulus
First, what operating system are you using?

[Tarantulus]

@numberwhun
DOH sorry, forgot that vital piece of info, it's solaris 9

[shabinesh]

hi!
Did you find any errors in logs in /var/log/error_log or access_log?

[jjeanj1]

That's actually a good question. I never really understood how this works did you try to see if the DirectoryIndex uses precedence. For example if you list index.html before index.htm would that work?

[jjeanj1]

http://wiki.apisnetworks.com/index.php/Apache

Take a look at this... it might help. Let us know if this actually solved your problem.

[Tarantulus]

it seems someone has been screwing with httpd.conf and now it won't start at all.
so I guess this is the least of my problems right now.