[drupal-support] setting: drupal overeager to intercept URLs? >> inaccessible files

[D_C]

after installing drupal, directories and files underneath where it
exists are now inaccessible. i get redirected to a drupal provided "page
not found" page even tho the URLs are there for sure.

is there a setting somewhere to change this behavior? it seems drupal is
intercepting all calls, and only showing pages that exist in its
hierarchy of nodes etc.

/dc