403 html vrs 403 shtml

[durangod]

Hi, i have a custom error page set for my deny access as 403.html

I have noticed recently in my error log that file not found 403.shtml

So i created the file 403.shtml with the same content as my html file so i have both in there now.

I dont understand why it would be looking for shtml not html, i guess i dont understand the difference, should i have both?

my other pages work fine 401,500 and they are html (not shtml) so is 403 special for some reason that it has to be shtml?

Thanks

[felgall]

.shtml pages allow server side includes whereas .html pages don't (unless you override the definition).

for example:

<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->

[durangod]

Yes i understand basically how ssi works, and yes i do have ssi set up and i do use it. But you lost me, i dont know what that has to do with the 403 file, shouldnt it be just like the others 401 and 500, which are html.

Why would there need to be a special 403.shtml in addition to the 403.html