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by filthyj
Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:06 pm
Forum: Installation and Configuration
Topic: Permissions/root problem
Replies: 1
Views: 1073

Permissions/root problem

I was originally trying to figure out where to put my web pages so they would show up on http://localhost. I figured it out (/var/www) but apparently I don't have permission to do anything inside that folder. Also, I can't figure out where to change the settings if I want to set my root folder to a ...
by filthyj
Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:37 pm
Forum: Installation and Configuration
Topic: Super easy Apache question (newbie)
Replies: 7
Views: 2617

Still doesn't work

I found the one you were talking about and changed it to "/home". I put a file called index.html in my "home" directory. It still didn't work. Here's what happens every time instead: I go to http://localhost It has a directory listing consisting of just one directory (apache2-def...
by filthyj
Sun Jun 05, 2005 5:29 pm
Forum: Installation and Configuration
Topic: Super easy Apache question (newbie)
Replies: 7
Views: 2617

It should say where in your httpd.conf. It's usually /var/www/html. Find in httpd.conf these lines (the quoted might be different): DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" and <Directory "/var/www/html"> That's where you put it. Or you can change both of those if you like. This is what I f...
by filthyj
Sun Jun 05, 2005 5:04 pm
Forum: Installation and Configuration
Topic: Super easy Apache question (newbie)
Replies: 7
Views: 2617

Super easy Apache question (newbie)

Where do I put the HTML files I want to view on the server (http://localhost)? For some reason, I'm having a much harder time figuring this out than it seems like I should be.

Thanks,
Jason