webserver won't see default page

[Joe Befumo]

I'm running RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0, and have run into a problem
getting Apache configured properly. In a nutshell, all of my virtual sites
display the Apache test screen. After some googling & think I got my
permissions right, but am still having problems.

Here's an excerpt from my httpd.conf file:

#

# Use name-based virtual hosting.

#

NameVirtualHost 63.163.109.231:80

#

# Virtual hosts

#

# Virtual host www.befumo.com

<VirtualHost 63.163.109.231:80>

DocumentRoot /var/www/html/befumo/

ServerAdmin webm...@befumo.com

ServerName www.befumo.com

ServerAlias befumo.com www.befumo.com

DirectoryIndex index.htm

</VirtualHost>

...

I Ran

chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/

When I do an ls -aZ /var/www/html/befumo/

I get the following:

-rw-r--r-- root root root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t hello.html

-rw-r--r-- root root root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t index.htm

...

Which I assume is what it's supposed to be.

ls -Z in /var/www/html shows the following:

drwxr-xr-x apache apache root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t befumo

-rw-r--r-- root root root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t hello.html

drwxr-xr-x apache apache root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t
pleasantmountpress

drwxrwxrwt apache apache root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t rbefumo

drwxr-xr-x apache apache root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t rootwerx

I created a simple test page (hello.html) in my /var/www/html/befumo/
directory

If I go to the browser and enter:

http://localhost/befumo/index.htm

I see the correct page.

If I go to http://www.befumo.com/hello.html (the test page I created)

I see the right page,

However,

if I go to http://www.befumo.com/index.htm

I get a 404 Page not found error.

If I go to http://www.befumo.com

I see the default Apache test page.

If I change my virtual host as follows:

DirectoryIndex hello.html

No change, which has me really perplexed.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

[Joe Befumo]

Ah, one more hint.

The hello.html page I'm seeing is in the /var/www/html/ directory, not the
/var/www/html/befumo/ directory, where I thought it should be looking. So it
seems as if Apache is not looking into any of my virtual server directories,
if that makes any kind of sense.

[Joe Befumo]

I put an "index.html" file in the

/var/www/html/ directory, and now that shows up as default for every one of
my websites. For some reason they're not looking in the individual
subdirectories identified in the virtual hosts sections.