add pages to the webserver (apache)

**felipe_lopes** · 04-28-2003, 07:07 AM

Hi fellows!

(running from cd):

I started apache typing "apache" on the shell as root user.

After this, I was able to access the html file which are located on /var/www.

So far so good. But, how could I add pages (php pages in my case) on the server root?? When I try to save a file to /var/www I'm not able to (which is understandable)....

Thanks in Advance

Felipe Lopes

**Stephen** · 04-28-2003, 07:39 AM

You could mount a partition on the hard drive as /var/www/ and server yourself webpages from there. You would make a directory on the /var/www/ for your web pages and then sudo chown user:user /var/www/your_directory to change the ownership to your user then you will have read-write access. You would access your web pages by http://127.0.0.1/your_directory/file.html.

**probono** · 04-28-2003, 06:14 PM

or, even easier, edit apache's config file to change it to another path.

**felipe_lopes** · 04-29-2003, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by probono

or, even easier, edit apache's config file to change it to another path.

Even running knoppix from CD am I able to edit apache's config file??

**Stephen** · 04-29-2003, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by felipe_lopes

Originally Posted by probono

or, even easier, edit apache's config file to change it to another path.

Even running knoppix from CD am I able to edit apache's config file??

You can edit the files in /etc/?? they only get saved to ramdisk unless you install to Hard Drive or keep your configuration with floppy config or persistent home.

**felipe_lopes** · 04-29-2003, 06:02 PM

When I tried to edit and save the config file the system said that I had no permission...I guess it impossible to save, isn't it?

**Stephen** · 04-29-2003, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by felipe_lopes

When I tried to edit and save the config file the system said that I had no permission...I guess it impossible to save, isn't it?

Try editing the file with sudo editor file to be superuser (root) when you edit and save.

**felipe_lopes** · 04-30-2003, 02:59 AM

Originally Posted by Stephen

Try editing the file with sudo editor file to be superuser (root) when you edit and save.

Here what I tried to do:

Open a shell from /etc/apache

Code:

sudo su

kedit httpd.conf

I tried to use the shell editor but was too hard for me

Then I changed the lines I wanted to and when I tried to save it appeared:
"Unable to write to file"

What more can I do?

**Stephen** · 04-30-2003, 04:31 AM

I just booted the CD on a spare computer and it worked for me here although I used vi but that should not matter. Editing the file to change the root really is not going to make much difference anyway you are going to store these files on the HD right? In which case just leave the file as is the support for PHP is already turned on in the httpd.conf and do as I suggested in my post above make a directory on HD and serve yourself web pages from there.

**felipe_lopes** · 04-30-2003, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Stephen

You could mount a partition on the hard drive as /var/www/ and server yourself webpages from there. You would make a directory on the /var/www/ for your web pages and then sudo chown user:user /var/www/your_directory to change the ownership to your user then you will have read-write access. You would access your web pages by http://127.0.0.1/your_directory/file.html.

Sorry Stephen, But I gotta be stupid....When I try to create a directory in /var/www/ it returns an error! On your code, what I suppose to put on "user:user"?
Maybe I didn get what you said to do...

thank you and sorry

Felipe Lopes