apache2 problem

[deepinlife]

guys i have ubuntu 8.10
Server version: Apache/2.2.9 (Ubuntu)
when i invoke localhost esult

404 Not Found

the apache log error says

[Mon Jul 13 17:39:40 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 13 17:39:56 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /htdocs
[Mon Jul 13 17:40:33 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /htdocs
[Mon Jul 13 17:40:33 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /htdocs
[Mon Jul 13 17:40:34 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /htdocs
[Mon Jul 13 17:41:16 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /htdocs

i have purged apache2 , apache2.2-common and reinstalled but still no success?

any help ?

[coopstah13]

make the directory or file htdocs under the server's root

[deepinlife]

yes , that solved , i made a directory at the root htdocs , but now it opens that directory when i make localhost at the browser , what configuration directive which makes it back to /var/www


that is the file /etc/apache2//sites-available/default
i don't have any other hosts

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost


DocumentRoot /var/www/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

[coopstah13]

open up terminal execute this code

for i in `find /etc/apache2/*` ; do grep -i htdocs $i && echo $i ; done

this will tell you what file the htdocs is set in (hopefully)

[deepinlife]

nothing is displayed , i m sorry

[deepinlife]

even teh folder etc has

for i in `find /etc/*` ; do grep -i htdocs $i && echo $i ; done

./apparmor.d/abstractions/web-data: /srv/www/htdocs/ r,
./apparmor.d/abstractions/web-data: /srv/www/htdocs/** r,
./ffserver.conf:#File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/tlive.rm"
./ffserver.conf:#File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/test.asf"
./ffserver.conf:#File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/test1.mpg"
./ffserver.conf:#File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/test1.mpg"

nothing direct toward through /htdocs , is it something by default in apache2 ?

[deepinlife]

anyway it is solved i just added teh line

DocumentRoot "/var/www"

it solved it , thx for ur help