Default charset in apache (2)

Yep, so getting back... apparently I've missed some important hint:


http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2

This file contains a paragraph I missed:

Default charset in apache

Darn! I finally got over my problem... so let's get back to the very beginning...

I use apache 2.2.4. I've been using it without a problem for a long time. My needs for apache are very basic: I just need tons of directory listings (indexes) with the ability to follow symbolic links, and ~10 aliases. The files in the directory listings are on my local computer and they usually have "weird" encodings, so I needed to let apache know I need it to use UTF-8 as default charset/encoding. Simple to achieve... or so it seemed: I used to run apache installed via aptitude under /etc/apache2.

Apache...

For a wealth of apache documentation: apache.org httpd docs. (Just change '1.3' in the URL into '2.0' or '2.2' for different flavors.)

Note to self: RTFM.

Basic apache configuration in FreeBSD

So I decided to try out apache in FreeBSD...

pkg_add -rv apache
vi /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf

Added the lines:

ServerName www
BindAddress *

Supposing my hostname is dvorak, I need to edit

vi /etc/hosts

and add the line:

127.0.0.1 dvorak