[Watford] Apache2 Server on Suse 10.2

[Cliff Deamer]

Hi Walter,
Don't give up!
i am sorry that I can't answer your question but i feel sure that it can
be solved within the group.
Perhaps you can bring your PC to the next meeting and you can get some
hands on advice.
Next meeting 5th June at the Sun Sports centre.
Cliff

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 10:44 +0100, walt wrote:
> Thanks again, Steve.  Sorry I haven't responded till now but a job
> took me away.
>  
> I have tried all this but I cannot get it to work.  I have googled
> till I dropped but I dont understand a lot of the instructions because
> they usually refer to a different distro.  The upshot is that I will
> have to give up on Linux for the time being and use windows (most
> unfortuante).  Maybe later this year, when things ease up a bit I will
> go back to it.  I realy must get some sort of  course for Unix/Linux
> but there is very little out there or it costs a fortune.  
>  
> meantime, best regards, Walter.
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Steven
> Acreman
> Sent: 25 April 2007 08:26
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Watford] Apache2 Server on Suse 10.2
> 
> 
> 
> Default locations of files change between distributions. On SuSe 10
> the config files are probably in /etc/apache2 and the log files will
> be in /var/log/apache2.
>  
> It's possible that they have also broken the config out into separate
> files and referenced them with includes (allows for a more modular
> setup).
>  
> Something I forgot to say last mail - take note of the DocumentRoot
> line as this is the folder served by default.
>  
> Also, some default Apache installs allow for users to host their own
> content from their home folders. So if you have a /home/walt as your
> home directory you should be able to create a 'public_html' folder
> under this and reference the content in there via
> http://localhost/~walt/
> 
>  
> On 24/04/07, walt <walt at helvatron.co.uk> wrote: 
>         Steven,  Thanks very much for responding.
>         
>         I have run a search for httpd.conf but beagle cannot find
>         it.  As I 
>         still dont understand the logic behind file placements in
>         Linux (I am
>         beginning to think there isn't any) I will uninstall Apache
>         and
>         re-isntall it.  Hopefully I will then find it then and apply
>         your fixes.
>         
>         
>         According to various linux sites the the file should be in
>         /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf but the directory httpd under /etc
>         does not
>         exist.  Yet the service is running and port 80 is open.
>         
>         I will keep you posted.  Many thanks again. 
>         Walter
>         ________________________________
>         
>         From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
>         [mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk ] On Behalf Of
>         Steven Acreman
>         Sent: 24 April 2007 14:14
>         To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
>         Subject: Re: [Watford] Apache2 Server on Suse 10.2
>         
>         
>         Hey Walt,
>         
>         Check your httpd.conf and look for the
>         
>         User
>         Group
>         
>         I believe by default these are set to nobody.
>         
>         Set these to whatever user your want your apache daemon to run
>         as.
>         
>         Then change the owner of the files to this userid and make
>         sure the user 
>         has at least read access (use chown and chmod).
>         
>         Lastly, check your log files - access.log and error.log.
>         
>         Thanks,
>         
>         Steven Acreman
>         
>         
>         On 24/04/07, walt <walt at helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
>         
>                Hi,
>         
>                I hope someone knows the solution to this one. I
>         Installed the
>         above and
>                want to configure it but I keep getting the following
>         message in
>         firefox
>                with the URL: http://localhost <http://localhost/> .
>         
>                ACCESS FORBIDDEN!
>         
>                You don't have permission to access the requested
>         directory. 
>         There is
>                either no index document or the directory is
>         read-protected.
>         
>                ERROR 403
>         
>                I am still a newbie and have no idea which directory
>         and/or
>         document is
>                its trying to access. But I have set all the
>         directories under 
>         apache2
>                to full access rights and yet the message still comes
>         up
>         although I
>                logon as root. I have also installed the server as
>         root.
>         
>                I also checked the web but none of the soltions there
>         work or I 
>         don't
>                understand the instructions.
>         
>                Look forward to hearing from you. Many thanks in
>         advance.
>         
>                Regards, Walter Jaggli
>         
>         
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