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simple question
I'm new to apache, and I have a simple question; where do I put the html
files I want instead of the default, for instance the index.html for the
root of my site? I've looked through the docs and I didn't see clearly
where it was.
Thanks,
-Calvin
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Re: simple question
Posted by "Jesse.linux" <jd...@inq7.net>.
i think u just have to edit your http.conf....
change the DocumentRoot directive to where u want to put the index.html
file....but make sure that directory exist.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin Redding" <vo...@yahoo.com>
To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:51 AM
Subject: simple question
> I'm new to apache, and I have a simple question; where do I put the html
> files I want instead of the default, for instance the index.html for the
> root of my site? I've looked through the docs and I didn't see clearly
> where it was.
>
> Thanks,
> -Calvin
>
>
>
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RE: simple question
Posted by Mike Arrison <ar...@gnostech.com>.
By default the path is /usr/local/apache/htdocs
Look for the DocumentRoot directive in the httpd.conf file.
-Mike Arrison
-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Redding [mailto:vorlon_cruiser@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 10:51 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: simple question
I'm new to apache, and I have a simple question; where do I put the html
files I want instead of the default, for instance the index.html for the
root of my site? I've looked through the docs and I didn't see clearly
where it was.
Thanks,
-Calvin
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RE: simple question
Posted by Mike Arrison <ar...@gnostech.com>.
Hmm... looks alright to me. I assume you restarted the server after this
config change? Also, make sure you have an index.html in that directory.
Then if it still doesn't come up (404), then look at the error_log to see
what file it was trying to retrieve.
-Mike Arrison
arrison@gnostech.com
Systems Engineer
Gnostech, Inc.
http://www.gnostech.com
(215) 443-8660
-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Redding [mailto:vorlon_cruiser@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:26 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: simple question
I thought I had this set up right, but maybe I did something wrong. I
attached my copy of httpd.conf--the directory I want for root is
C:/documents and settings/calvin/my documents
Thanks a lot,
-Calvin
-----Original Message-----
From: James Covington [mailto:webmaster@insw.org]
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:58 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: simple question
At 09:51 P 01/06/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm new to apache, and I have a simple question; where do I put the
html
>files I want instead of the default, for instance the index.html for
the
>root of my site? I've looked through the docs and I didn't see clearly
>where it was.
Well, that's up to you. Wherever you set DocumentRoot in your
httpd.conf,
is where you want your web files. If you already have web files in a
specific directory, then set DocumentRoot to that directory. If you are
using virtual hosting, then that is set in each <VirtualHost> tag. I
prefer using /home/*site*/public_html.
--James
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Re: simple question
Posted by "Jesse.linux" <jd...@inq7.net>.
u have this config...
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex C:/apache/index.html
</IfModule>
try puting quotation marks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex "C:/apache/index.html"
</IfModule>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin Redding" <vo...@yahoo.com>
To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:10 AM
Subject: RE: simple question
> Ok guys, I've made progress; I changed the dir to c:/apache, and moved
> the appropriate files, but now I get a 403 Forbidden error when I try to
> access the server, and it says I don't have permission to access root.
> I'm not sure what I've done...lol I attached an updated config file,
> thanks for your continued help...
> -Calvin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Groves [mailto:groups@valis.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:42 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: RE: simple question
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> I haven't tried apache on Windows, but the first thing I would
> suggest is that you should change your directory to one that
> doesn't have spaces in the name. AFAIK apache doesn't like
> folders with spaces, though like I said, I'm not sure.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Calvin Redding [mailto:vorlon_cruiser@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:26 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: RE: simple question
>
>
> I thought I had this set up right, but maybe I did something wrong. I
> attached my copy of httpd.conf--the directory I want for root is
> C:/documents and settings/calvin/my documents
>
> Thanks a lot,
> -Calvin
>
>
>
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Re: simple question
Posted by Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>.
Calvin Redding wrote:
>
> Ok guys, I've made progress; I changed the dir to c:/apache, and moved
> the appropriate files, but now I get a 403 Forbidden error when I try to
> access the server, and it says I don't have permission to access root.
> I'm not sure what I've done...lol I attached an updated config file,
> thanks for your continued help...
> -Calvin
You have ServerRoot and DocumentRoot set to the same directory. Do you
understand the implications of this?
ServerRoot is the directory where apache is located. It should contain
subdirectories which, in turn, contain the httpd binary, the config
file, the log files etc. This is where the apache installation lives and
is not usually the place where you want to keep your HTML content. On
unix, this directory is owned by root and is quite special - you
wouldn't want users browsing around in it.
DocumentRoot is the place apache goes to to find your HTML content when
someone makes a request to your server. This can be anywhere on your
disk and doesn't need to be under the apache ServerRoot. Usually, this
is a normal user directory.
Because you are pointing DocumentRoot at ServerRoot (which should be
system directory) you may be getting an OS level access error (I'm not a
windows expert and I don't know what version you're using). You also
have to allow access to the DocumentRoot (you actually do this - sort
of...)
Something like:
ServerRoot C:/apache
DocumentRoot C:/user/calvin/docs
<Directory C:/user/calvin/docs>
Allow from all
</Directory>
Is more usual.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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RE: simple question
Posted by Calvin Redding <vo...@yahoo.com>.
Ok guys, I've made progress; I changed the dir to c:/apache, and moved
the appropriate files, but now I get a 403 Forbidden error when I try to
access the server, and it says I don't have permission to access root.
I'm not sure what I've done...lol I attached an updated config file,
thanks for your continued help...
-Calvin
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Groves [mailto:groups@valis.net]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:42 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: simple question
Hi Carl,
I haven't tried apache on Windows, but the first thing I would
suggest is that you should change your directory to one that
doesn't have spaces in the name. AFAIK apache doesn't like
folders with spaces, though like I said, I'm not sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Redding [mailto:vorlon_cruiser@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:26 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: simple question
I thought I had this set up right, but maybe I did something wrong. I
attached my copy of httpd.conf--the directory I want for root is
C:/documents and settings/calvin/my documents
Thanks a lot,
-Calvin
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RE: simple question
Posted by Doug Groves <gr...@valis.net>.
Hi Carl,
I haven't tried apache on Windows, but the first thing I would
suggest is that you should change your directory to one that
doesn't have spaces in the name. AFAIK apache doesn't like
folders with spaces, though like I said, I'm not sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Redding [mailto:vorlon_cruiser@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:26 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: simple question
I thought I had this set up right, but maybe I did something wrong. I
attached my copy of httpd.conf--the directory I want for root is
C:/documents and settings/calvin/my documents
Thanks a lot,
-Calvin
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RE: simple question
Posted by Calvin Redding <vo...@yahoo.com>.
I thought I had this set up right, but maybe I did something wrong. I
attached my copy of httpd.conf--the directory I want for root is
C:/documents and settings/calvin/my documents
Thanks a lot,
-Calvin
-----Original Message-----
From: James Covington [mailto:webmaster@insw.org]
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:58 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: simple question
At 09:51 P 01/06/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm new to apache, and I have a simple question; where do I put the
html
>files I want instead of the default, for instance the index.html for
the
>root of my site? I've looked through the docs and I didn't see clearly
>where it was.
Well, that's up to you. Wherever you set DocumentRoot in your
httpd.conf,
is where you want your web files. If you already have web files in a
specific directory, then set DocumentRoot to that directory. If you are
using virtual hosting, then that is set in each <VirtualHost> tag. I
prefer using /home/*site*/public_html.
--James
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Re: simple question
Posted by James Covington <we...@insw.org>.
At 09:51 P 01/06/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm new to apache, and I have a simple question; where do I put the html
>files I want instead of the default, for instance the index.html for the
>root of my site? I've looked through the docs and I didn't see clearly
>where it was.
Well, that's up to you. Wherever you set DocumentRoot in your httpd.conf,
is where you want your web files. If you already have web files in a
specific directory, then set DocumentRoot to that directory. If you are
using virtual hosting, then that is set in each <VirtualHost> tag. I
prefer using /home/*site*/public_html.
--James
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