navigating sub directories with apache

[ixion]

I have a Directive setup in the httpd.conf file for a directory under 'htdocs' I would like to share OpenSource files from my web server... I can navigate to the root directory specified "/apache/htdocs/files/", but when I click on a sub folder underneath 'files' in my web browser it hangs. The user that starts Apache has full privileges on this directorie and subdirectories. Here is my Directive from the httpd.conf:

[devon]

Make sure that Others can rx the directory.

[telex4]

I'm having a similar problem; I get "301 Moved Permanently" errors when I try to list a directory's contents. I can download files within those directories fine, but I can't list them.

They're all chmod'ed to a+rx

The section from Apache's config looks like this:

[ixion]

aha! fixed!!!

The problem was that my linux clients were trying to resolve the DNS name of the server out on the internet.. added my server's IP info to '/etc/hosts', and viola! I'm browsing my Web Server!

What gave it away was that I noticed in the browser status window it was saying 'Connecting to webserver.descent.org'... well, there happens to actually be a webserver.descent.org that does not respond on the obscure port that my webserver does!

Thanks for all your help!

EDIT:

BUT, this does bring up the question... what do I do with my clients out on the internet? I don't have DNS.. I connect to my server via IP Address.. how can I eliminate this? Is there some sort of Apache configuration I can use to keep clients from looking outside of my server (on the internet) for things?
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[ixion]

well, I found a solution.... I set the external port number (firewall listening port) to the same as the internet port number, and setup a DynDNS account.. set the actual PC's hostname to the DynDNS DNS name, and works like a champ...
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