I have a computer that I loaded Mandrake 8.2 on with their version of Apache 1.3.23. For some reason, when I goto a directory, I have to put the trailing slash after the directory otherwise it will give me an error message.

Example for a "help" directory:
http://localhost/help - doesn't work
http://localhost/help/ - works

What should I look for in the config so that I don't have to use the trailing slash to access a directory? Thanks.

That problem is well documented in the apache FAQ. I would suggest reading the FAQ at

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html