LinuxQuestions.org - apache2 still looking at var/www somehow

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Originally Posted by j9x.inca (Post 4757687)

That is weird your httpd.conf is so bare, but you could either try uninstalling apache and reinstalling, or editing the DocumentRoot from /home/greg/Documents/programming/php/www to whatever you want your www dir to be.

hi again. Aye it is bare (it started off as empty and now only contains directives I found on google (the first to fix an error restarting apache, and the second trying in vain to look at my new directory)) the file which I think has the stuff httpd.conf would have is /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:

Code:



# Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.

#

# This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the

# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.

# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about

# the directives.

#

# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding

# what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure

# consult the online docs. You have been warned.  

#

# The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:

#  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a

#    whole (the 'global environment').

#  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,

#    which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.

#    These directives also provide default values for the settings

#    of all virtual hosts.

#  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to

#    different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the

#    same Apache server process.

#

# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many

# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the

# server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin

# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "foo.log"

# with ServerRoot set to "/etc/apache2" will be interpreted by the

# server as "/etc/apache2/foo.log".

#



### Section 1: Global Environment

#

# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,

# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it

# can find its configuration files.

#



#

# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's

# configuration, error, and log files are kept.

#

# NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)

# mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available

# at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile>);

# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

#

# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.

#

#ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"



#

# The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.

#

LockFile ${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}/accept.lock



#

# PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process

# identification number when it starts.

# This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars

#

PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}



#

# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.

#

Timeout 300



#

# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than

# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.

#

KeepAlive On



#

# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow

# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.

# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.

#

MaxKeepAliveRequests 100



#

# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the

# same client on the same connection.

#

KeepAliveTimeout 5



##

## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific)

## 



# prefork MPM

# StartServers: number of server processes to start

# MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare

# MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare

# MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>

    StartServers          5

    MinSpareServers      5

    MaxSpareServers      10

    MaxClients          150

    MaxRequestsPerChild  0

</IfModule>



# worker MPM

# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start

# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# ThreadLimit: ThreadsPerChild can be changed to this maximum value during a

#              graceful restart. ThreadLimit can only be changed by stopping

#              and starting Apache.

# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process

# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_worker_module>

    StartServers          2

    MinSpareThreads      25

    MaxSpareThreads      75 

    ThreadLimit          64

    ThreadsPerChild      25

    MaxClients          150

    MaxRequestsPerChild  0

</IfModule>



# event MPM

# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start

# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process

# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_event_module>

    StartServers          2

    MinSpareThreads      25

    MaxSpareThreads      75 

    ThreadLimit          64

    ThreadsPerChild      25

    MaxClients          150

    MaxRequestsPerChild  0

</IfModule>



# These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars

User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}

Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}



#

# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory

# for additional configuration directives.  See also the AllowOverride

# directive.

#



AccessFileName .htaccess



#

# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being 

# viewed by Web clients. 

#

<Files ~ "^\.ht">

    Order allow,deny

    Deny from all

    Satisfy all

</Files>



#

# DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document

# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.

# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is

# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications

# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to

# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are

# text.

#

DefaultType text/plain





#

# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses

# e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).

# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people

# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that

# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the

# nameserver.

#

HostnameLookups Off



# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.

# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>

# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be

# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>

# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.

#

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log



#

# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,

# alert, emerg.

#

LogLevel warn



# Include module configuration:

Include mods-enabled/*.load

Include mods-enabled/*.conf



# Include all the user configurations:

Include httpd.conf



# Include ports listing

Include ports.conf



#

# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with

# a CustomLog directive (see below).

# If you are behind a reverse proxy, you might want to change %h into %{X-Forwarded-For}i

#

LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O" common

LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer

LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent



# Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,

# see README.Debian for details.



# Include generic snippets of statements

Include conf.d/



# Include the virtual host configurations:

Include sites-enabled/

and in it there seems to be no reference to the document root (though it includes whatever's in sites-enabled which specifies the document root (in my case not /var/www/ !))

As a sanity check, what follows is the contents of the sites-enabled directory and whats in the one file sitting there:
greg@greg-Aspire-5742:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$ ls
mySite
greg@greg-Aspire-5742:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost



        DocumentRoot /home/greg/Documents/programming/php/www/

        <Directory />

                Options FollowSymLinks

                AllowOverride None

        </Directory>

        <Directory /home/greg/Documents/programming/php/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 ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log



        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,

        # alert, emerg.

        LogLevel warn



        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/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>

I'm thinking a re-install might be the way to go but I haven't got the faintest idea what's telling my browser to look in the wrong place (some hard-coded default!?)