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How do you change the default location where Apache looks for the default root (html, etc)? By default in httpd2.conf it is set for /var/www/html as the root html directory, ...
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  1. 02-09-2004 #1
    voth
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    Apache inquiry

    How do you change the default location where Apache looks for the default root (html, etc)?

    By default in httpd2.conf it is set for /var/www/html as the root html directory, I have modified it to use another location /home/www applied the changes and then restarted Apache.

    At that point I recieve a 403 error message (403 Forbidden) I believe is the message. I change it back to the default /var/www/html and it works.

    Any ideas?

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    Most likely it is a file access permission that is causing the problem. Is the /home/www directory readable and executable for all users?
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    they must be world readable eg
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    chmod 644 index.html
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