Need to change apache port number

[yourname3232]

I am new to linux so bear with me. I have apache set up on my computer (Fedora Core 3) and no one can access it, so I installed abyss webserver and it is on port 8000 and people can access it though. I really like apache and would like to change the port that it listens to.






This is secondary, but I need help configureing FTP access to the htmldocs folder.

Making passwrd protected directories with .htaccess would be nice to do to.

[spoon!]

I am new to linux so bear with me. I have apache set up on my computer (Fedora Core 3) and no one can access it, so I installed abyss webserver and it is on port 8000 and people can access it though. I really like apache and would like to change the port that it listens to.

I think the "Listen" directive deals with this (e.g. "Listen 8000").

Making passwrd protected directories with .htaccess would be nice to do to.

Read this: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/auth.html

[yourname3232]

Thanks for the .htaccess info.

I tried making apche run on port 8000 like abyss was (after disableing abyss of course) but I get

Starting httpd: [Thu Sep 15 21:47:13 2005] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf at line 512 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier AliasMatch.
(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:8000
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
[FAILED]

I sorted out the port problems but ut seems to be apache not a blocked port.

Ok, it seems that I can only NOT access apache, everything else that is avalible to access from the web works just fine!! Please help.

[carlused]

I am having the same problem with apache on FC 4.. Does anyone know how to fix this

[DoctorDan]

look thru httpd.conf for something concening a port number. try "cat /path/to/httpd.conf | grep 80"

if where is says 80 (default port) seems to be in context of wha you're doing... change it. httpd.conf has some great comments in there to help you. btw.. always make a backup of config files when you're toying with them!. "cp /path/to/httpd.conf /path/to/httpd.conf.bak" (.bak for backup).

luck!


Edit: also make sure your router of firewall will allow traffic through that port.

[genesus]

also, if you use a router make sure you change your port forwarding information from 80 to 8080, or whatever port you wish to use...