I'm a newbie to Linux, just migrated a few weeks ago after over 10
years of Dos and Windows use....I even didn't install a Windows
partition.
It is actually more difficult to learn Linux becasue of your Windows
experience :-) total newbies find Linux quite easy. But don't despair,
many people moved from Win to Linux, including myself.
1 Mandrake Linux 9.0, including all updates is installed
2 Apache is installed default with the ML installation
3 It is running (I can get the default page by requesting localhost)
And, I presume, apache is listed as "httpd" when you issue "ps ax".
How did you start apache?
4 As root I even can get the apachectl starting; stopping etc.
5 I would like to point to another standard folder, but if I do that in
httpdconf => no result, I tried all options I could think of (even in combination
Which line did you change in httpd.conf?
6 Even after first stopping Apache (as root) and then editing didn't result
in the way I would like it
You can safely edit httpd.conf with apache running. Apache only reads
this file when it starts or when the root user tells it to re-read the
httpd.conf file.
7 Renaming the index.shtml in de default folder als does not result in
presenting the content of the default folder, it does result in a 403 page.
That is correct behaviour of any web server.
8 Can I configure Apache for multiple users? SO I do not need to login as
root (which is pretty risc-full with the GUI's).
You did not say what you need to login as root for.
- Do you need to login as root to browse localhost web pages?
- Or do you need to login as root to start apache?
9 Is there -at this moment- a way to check if PHP is working.
Yes, there is a way to check this.
10 And if not, how do I get it working?
Check if mod_php is installed.
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Milos Prudek
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