Re: [Sheflug] apache root directory

[James Bruce <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

yay!! thanks a lot... works like a dream.... and im not so scared of editing 
files now either...
:)

now to find some decent webspace to host it one once made, used to be f2s but 
now that seems permanently screwed, which is a shame cos they gave me 20mb no 
ads no banners php perl mysql and everyting for free! grrrr

do you think cable modem companies *really* dont let you host a website? i 
mean, seems a lil silly... 

(am getting a cable connecting in my new house in august... s'gonna be a 
geeks paradise with 5 networked computers sharing a cable line... ooooh cant 
wait, london is soooo boring right now and all the clubs are for townies... 
sucks)
</off topic ramblings>

On Wednesday 27 June 2001 12:02, you said:
> If you can gain access as root or the owner of httpd.conf, check that the
> user directory option is enabled.
> I think the option is UserDir, this points allows you use
> http://www.your.domain/~user/ this will point to what ever is set in
> httpd.conf, the default is ~user/public_html.
>
> I think there is another option to enable, but it is clearly labelled. I
> don't have apache to hand here.
>
> After saving this you will need to restart apache on my home system this is
> /etc/init.d/apachectl restart,
>
> HTH
>
> Alastair
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	James Bruce [SMTP:aca00jab [at] sheffield.ac.uk]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:53 AM
> > To:	Sheflug
> > Subject:	[Sheflug] apache root directory
> >
> > here's a fairly simple problem im sure someone can help me with; im
> > trying to test out my website locally as it includes php3 / perl kinda
> > stuff so id
> > like to see if that stuff works... anyhew i put the stuff in mmy public
> > html directory, and now i find out that the root direct to apache is
> > somehting completely different like in usr/local or somehting i dont have
> > write access to as a user. how can i change it to be my public_html
> > directory? ive tried running commanche - it asks where all the files are
> > stored but only lets me choose the top option which specifies /sbin/ -
> > hwoever theres no way i can get commanche configured since the exectuable
> > for apache and everyting is in a directory it doesnt like (it
> > automatically
> > looks for it in /bin/ and mine is in /sbin somehwere..). theres a couple
> > more option that let you say what distribution you have apache installed
> > with, but those are greyed out for me for some reason... so bascially i
> > cant use commanche to configure it..
> >
> > so, with that in mind, does anyone know how i configure it manually? i
> > dont
> > like editing files but im guessing im gonna have to aren't i?
> >
> > thanks.. james.
> >
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