A few n00b questions about apache

**Nikosapi** · 06-27-2005

Hi, people, it's been a while since I've posted here...
I just installed Apache http server 2.0.54 on my mandrake linux 10.1 box (I am aware that it is now mandriva but I like mandrake better) I am able to start it, stop it and use most of the other commands.
What want to know is where do you place your website on your computer (stop laughing) and how do you acsess your web page from other computers?
Help,
-->Nikosapi

**Prohibited** · 06-27-2005

Hi...

Usually it's in the path you installed it.. Mine is /var/htdocs/.. It can be /var/www/htdocs/, /usr/local/apache2/htdocs, etc.

As for accessing from other computers... http://www.whatismyip.com And type in your IP addy in the search bar and it will bring your site up.

Also, http://www.no-ip.com provides some ok sub domainnames... That should help ya.

**jledhead** · 06-28-2005

Originally Posted by Prohibited

Hi...

Usually it's in the path you installed it.

but to make sure open httpd.conf (do a locate or find if you don't know where thats at) which is in the path you installed it and look for the DocumentRoot

that should tell you exactly where its at, mine is /usr/local/apache2/htdocs

**stokes** · 06-28-2005

If you chose 'web server' during the Mandrake 10.1 setup, the path for your publicly visible files will be: /var/www/html

**Nikosapi** · 06-28-2005

Thanks Guys! It's not fully up and running (html bugs

) but when it's up I'll post it.
-->Nikosapi

**Nikosapi** · 06-29-2005

ok, I've encountered some other problems, now that my web site is up and running, I can view it fine through my home network but say I were at a friend's house and I wanted to show off my crappy website?
Here is how my network is set up:

Code:

                           modem
                              l
                           router 
           /             /          \               \
       comp 1    playstation       playstation      switch
                                                   /       \
                                                comp2    server

Lets pretend that whatismyip.com says that my ip is 123.456.789.001 and the router's ip is 192.168.0.1 and the server's ip is 192.168.0.101. What would I have to type into the address bar at my friend's house?

-->Nikosapi

**Monkeh** · 06-29-2005

Set up your router to forward port 80 (there should be a pre-set WWW or similar rule to do so) to your server. Then you can just go straight to http://123.456.789.001, and you'll see your page.

**Nikosapi** · 06-29-2005

Yay! I got it working, it turn out that my router wasn't forwarding the port like you said. Now it works perfectly!
Thanks guys,
-->Nikosapi

**Nikosapi** · 06-29-2005

Yay! I got it working, it turns out that my router wasn't forwarding the port like you said. Now it works perfectly!
Thanks guys,
-->Nikosapi

**Nikosapi** · 06-30-2005

So, I've got my http server running but there's some "sesitive" files that I would like only people I know to access it. As I was flipping through the apache user guide (700 pages!!!) I came across the part that talks about Authentication and Authorization (ch. 6.2). It says to make a password folder, which I did. then I ran htpasswd and created a password file. After that I created a file named .htaccess that included:

Code:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Members"
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/passwd/passwords
Require valid-username

I placed the file in the folder that I wished to protect. When I accessed the folder from another computer it didn't ask for a password!
What am I doing wrong?
-->Nikosapi

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