Tim Law wrote:
Hi,
I'm having the same problem. I'm running 10.3.8 on an eMac.
Following the previous posts in this thread and I have searched for a file
called httpd.conf and a folder called httpd or etc with a nil return for any
of them.
Does this mean something is not installed as it should be??
No, it just means they are invisible files.
There is at least 2 ways to get at them.
First, if you know exactly where they are you can press
SHIFT+APPLE(COMMAND)+G.
This is also under the 'Go' menu in the finder.
Type in the address ie Library/WebServer/Documents and press enter.
httpd.conf lives in private/etc/httpd
The other way is for when you do not know where an invisible item is.
At the Finder press APPLE+F
Search in: Specific places > tick your boot drive only.
Search for items whose: Visibility: visible and invisible items AND
(press the little "+" to add another criteria) Name is: httpd.conf(or
whatever you are looking for.)
Now select the httpd folder and press APPLE+I and give yourself
ownership of it to allow editing of httpd.conf
Back up httpd.conf before making changes(of course!)
Back up httpd.conf before making changes(of course!)
Back up httpd.conf before making changes(of course!)
Then open it by dropping it onto TextEdit and find (APPLE+F) the line:
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
Change it to:
DocumentRoot "/Users/Tim Berners-Lee/Sites" (or whatever your username
actually is;)
Save it and return the permissions on the httpd folder to how they were
before, owned by 'System'.
It will now load index.html from your Sites folder when you use:
http://localhost/~Tim Berners-Lee/
(or whatever your username actually is;)
Now, it might be just me, but this is not 'simple', strong yes, simple no.
Admittedly I did not have to install anything, Windoze style, but 'Mums
and Dads' would find this too much, too 'fiddly'.
Without WAMUG I would have failed to do it at all I imagine.
HTH
Paul
