Web Server, and File Server

[mastermosley]

Ok I have successfully installed Apache2 but I don't know how to configure it. I have read the guides, talks about directives. It doesn't explain how to configure them.

like it shows

debian:/# (what do I type here to start the configuration). What I want to do is to change the folder from apache2-default to www.

I have also installed the file server. What I want to accomplish with this is to log on from my windows computer using a ftp client and put files into the www folder.


NON RELATED QUESTION:

Also I've always wondered why these packages that you install with apt-get or whatever, only takes a few minutes to install but if you do it with the make, make install command it takes me about 6 hours. I want to install MySql but its not in a package, only PostgrSql, is there anyway to install Mysql using the apt-get installer or whatever so it doesnt take 6 hours?

[Vergil83]

NON RELATED QUESTION:

Also I've always wondered why these packages that you install with apt-get or whatever, only takes a few minutes to install but if you do it with the make, make install command it takes me about 6 hours. I want to install MySql but its not in a package, only PostgrSql, is there anyway to install Mysql using the apt-get installer or whatever so it doesnt take 6 hours?

Because when you install via apt-get you are installing premade binaries (all that work already done). Mysql is installable via apt-get mysql-server
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/s...ge=2&number=50

[gg234]

you need to configure ftp server check this guide

If you want to change apache configuration follow this

Go to /etc/apache2/sites-available/ folder and edit the file called "default" you can change document root directory and you need to comment out the following line in this file to remove the default redirect

RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/