[oclug]Apache Set up

[Howard Krakower]

Do check that Apache is actually running

try httpd restart

H.

At 10:32 PM 11/10/02 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 21:28:21 -0500
>"Derek Smith" <derek8128 at rogers.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> 
>> First off, let me say I am a 3 month old newbie, and am lovin' this
stuff, although it is quite a learning curve. now for my latest problem...
>> 
>> I have set up an Apache server. For a file to be served, it has to be
owned by Apache (right??- this is a question as well as a statement). If I
move a new file/folder into the HTML directory, it is automatically owned
by me (a non-apache person). Problem is, that file is not available to be
served until I do chown to apache. 
>> 
>> Obviously, I don't have it set up right. What am I missing?
>
>Congratulations on the installation of your new Linux system and welcome.
>
>As for your Apache server, well, in order for Apache to be able to serve
the file, it must have at least read permission on it, regardless of who
owns it. Normally you would want all the files in your HTML directory to be
owned by the server anyway. So, you must either chown all the files over to
apache, or "chmod 644" them so that apache can read them.
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>>>>--fja->
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