Apache2 Help.

I CANNOT get my apache2 DocumentRoot file to work correctly, I want to change it so that it is running under a directory of my choice and not the default, any help would be greatly appreciated.

what is your config file look like?

I have some deja vu here.

Are you certain the config file you are using (editing) is the *same* config file in use by the binary executable?

yea on my system Debian 3.1 Sarge I don't have the directory /etc/httpd/httpd.conf. I have a /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and that's where all of the files are at if it were /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

You should be editing:

/etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Site specific info should not be entered in apache2.conf.

Allllrighty then....lol, well I have a much better question. How would I go about getting my default Apache2 settings back in place. Because the apache2.conf folder is pretty much fragged and I don't recall what the original settings were. I tried doing a Complete Removal if any of you have Debian and know what that means, i'm talking about the Synaptic Package Manager but they didn't remove so, how would I either remove them so i can install apache2 again or how would I restore my default apache2 settings.

If you've already uninstalled it, look in "Not Installed (residual config)" in Synaptic, right click Apache2, and select "Mark for Complete Removal". Then click Apply.

Thanks PsyckBoy you were a big help, If anyone else was reading along I also used http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/186204&tid=129 to get a better understanding of Apache2 config. files. I'm up and running now. Woo! Now onto PHP and MySQL

Hi ,

I have a problem in Apache2. I changed my root directory to certain folder as in /var/www. I have php files under /html folder. Whenever I try to open any file under /html folder in web browser using link, it does not show anything.

This is how my "default" file looks like.
<code>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /var/www/

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/web/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
#
#<Directory /var/www/web/>
#<Directory /home/jenismodi/testFolder/>
# Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
# AllowOverride None
# Order allow,deny
# allow from all
# </Directory>

# <Directory /var/www/web/html/>
#<Directory /home/jenismodi/testFolder/>
# Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
# Order allow,deny
# allow from all
# </Directory>


ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>
</code>

Can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong here ?

Thanks.
JM