Using alias defined in forms.conf

My app server is named srvr001
This app server is version 10g.
In my forms.conf file, I have defined two aliases:
Alias /out_report/ "G:\reports\output\files/"
Alias /out_rep_doc/ "F:\report_doc/"
G:\reports\output\files is a local drive in srvr001
Drive F is a network mapping to another server named srvr002
This link using alias out_report, to bring up a local file, works fine:
http://srvr001/out_report/testoutput.pdf
Now if I use the alias out_rep_doc, to bring up a file from the other server, I get 404-Not Found:
http://srvr001/out_rep_doc/testdocument.pdf
I have another server, named srvr003 which is version 6i, and the same aliases are defined in the conf file. Both aliases work in that server.
I use the same user id in both srvr001 and srvr003 to start-up the forms services.
Why is it that, in app server 10g version, the alias pointing to a local drive works, while the alias pointing to a mapped network drive does not work?
Is there another configuration file where I should define the alias in srvr001?

Security and access privileges are all defined and working fine.
About using sniffer, I would not go that way because I am not authorized to do such.
Anyway, this problem is solved. So for anybody out there having the same problem, the solution is to also tweak your httpd.conf, not just forms.conf.

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To: Michele DeFilippo <[email protected]>
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* How sound, well structured and future proof is the underlying datamodel?
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* Organisational isues: who will migrate the system, who will maintain the system? Is outsourcing considered? etc.
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We offer a Forms2ADF assessment service in which we migrate a number of sample forms selected by the customer to assess the added value of the JFG, and we discuss all of the above questions
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* Guidelines for moving from Oracle Forms to Oracle ADF and SOA: http://www.slideshare.net/stevendavelaar/forms2-adfsoa-ukoug
* JHeadstart Forms2ADF Generator – Migrating from Oracle Forms to a Best-Practice ADF application: http://www.slideshare.net/stevendavelaar/jhs11-forms2-adfukoug
* 3 online demo's of forms2adf conversion process: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jheadstart/overview/index.html
Hope this helps,
Steven Davelaar,
JHeadstart Team.
Steven Davelaar,
JHeadstart Team.

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