[Sheflug] Apache & PHP setup

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] barriebremner.com>]

>>>>> "Ruth" == Ruth Gunstone <ruth [at] bolsterstone.demon.co.uk> writes:

    Ruth> Greetings again!  After falling-out in a big way with
    Ruth> 'Gnome', I reinstalled my RH 7.0, and this time chose to
    Ruth> install the KDE. What a difference! It is /so/ much more
    Ruth> newbie-friendly :-)

    Ruth> I intend installing the latest Mandrake distro sometime
    Ruth> during this coming week, and then I /need/ to make a
    Ruth> determined effort to get Apache/PHP running this time. On my
    Ruth> current set-up, I /know/ that Apache is installed, but I
    Ruth> just can't discover any clues as to how to get it running
    Ruth> and configured.  'man apache' reports that there's no manual
    Ruth> available :-(

Ruth,

Have a look at apache.org for full documentation for the Apache
project's stuff.

To start the major services on a Redhat machine, have a look at the
scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d

For example, to start Apache (http daemon/webserver):

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

to restart, stop or get status reports:

cd /etc/rc.d/init.d/

./httpd restart
./httpd stop
./httpd restart

That should be the same for the other services mentioned in that directory.

You should also look into controlling access to the services on your
machine - man hosts.deny and the Apache docs.
Possibly even man iptables/ipchains 

Learn how to use the basics of Apache before you turn it on - you
don't want someone on the internet playing with your system...

Set Apache to listen only on 127.0.0.1 - then only you can access it
from the local machine - fine for development.

    Ruth> Any pointers, simple step-by-step instructions etc. would be
    Ruth> greatly appreciated. 

Hope that lot did more to help than confuse :-)

Cheers

Baz.

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