On 26/02/2005, at 10:02 AM, Paul Kitchener wrote:
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.
The other shortcut I find useful is when you an application open e.g.
TextEdit. Go to the usual Open... dialog box, then type / . Don't
worry, there's no text box to type this in, but then the "Go to the
folder" panel will slide out and you can type the exact file or folder.
It's nice in that it tries to anticipate what file it will be i.e. try
typing in /e , pause for a second or two, and it autocompletes it as
/etc/ . If you goto such a folder in either Finder or Open... dialog,
then you can explore its contents, so you really only need to know the
top-level hidden folders e.g. etc, usr etc.
Quite often these system files will have different, stricter
permissions from your Home folder -- thank God, otherwise like with
Windoze you'll find all manner of virii and hackers doing funky things
with your beloved Mac system. So you might not be able to save it back
with TextEdit, but you can certainly Save As... to the desktop then
copy it over, and change the permissions back to what they were with
the Get Info... command from Finder.
Cheers, Glen Low
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