when i run httpd -S i get these errors...
[Sat Jun 13 15:14:09 2009] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf at line 11 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias. [Sat Jun 13 15:14:09 2009] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf at line 12 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias.
the contents of /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf are;
# Web application to manage MySQL #
<Directory "/usr/share/phpmyadmin"> Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin <--- 1 Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin < --- 2 is this normal ??? Alias /mysqladmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Is it normal to have these lines?
Depending on your setup, yes it can be. The "Alias" directives are there so that when you type in "http://www.mysite.com/phpmyadmin" Apache will redirect the request to "/usr/share/phpmyadmin".
What this does is allow you to keep scripts outside of a website's directory structure. I use them with PHPMyAdmin to primarily prevent tampering by my various users but it also makes it easier to update/patch the app(s) when needed.