Hi guys,

I am currently running Apache 2.0.51 server on my labtop. My server is working fine since and everyone on the network can see my test page by typing 192.168.1.103.

However recently, when I try to allocate my httpd.conf file, I found out that there are two similar files one located under usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and second under etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ??? SO which file is actually my config file for Apache and how can i delete another entry without damaging the current server?

And one more thing if you don't mind, my network got access to ADSL Internet connection through a Billion router. I have tried to access the router and change the NAT configuration to redirect request on port 80 from internet to my labtop (currently there are another 3 desktops in my network). However, when i typed in my Internet address it still directed me to the router and asked me to enter user name and password for configuration ???


I am quite confusing with these two problems. Any help regarding to any of the above two would be highly appreciated.

Thanks very much in advance

On my system, when I do ps -aux | grep httpd, it shows the web server process and the commands they were started with, which lists the config file it is using. See if that works for you. If ps -aux | grep httpd doesn't work, try ps aux | grep apache.

Also, the config file should be listed in apache's rc file in /etc/init.d/httpd. Try grep CONF /etc/init.d/httpd.

Good luck

Are you sure that one isn't a link to the other?

A lot times different distros put config files in their preferred location and then create links in other directories where needed.

Do an 'ls -l' on both and see if either is a link.

Also, if they aren't links, maybe your system was built with apache installed with ServerRoot /etc/httpd/ and you upgraded/installed a new version of apache. The default location is /usr/local/apache2.

Here is the result when I typed in the command arning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 2537 0.0 2.3 22328 11508 ? S 08:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4306 0.0 2.3 22464 11604 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4307 0.0 2.3 22328 11564 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4308 0.0 2.3 22328 11564 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4309 0.0 2.3 22328 11564 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4310 0.0 2.3 22328 11564 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4311 0.0 2.3 22328 11564 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4312 0.0 2.3 22328 11564 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 4313 0.0 2.3 22328 11564 ? S 09:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
egosz 6842 0.0 0.1 4460 596 pts/2 S 11:40 0:00 grep httpd

It would produce the same result for .

To me this doesn't indicate anything about where the config file allocate Any idea ???

Thanks

Easy answer: the one in the /etc path. That's the standard location for configuration files.

If that's not a convincing answer, why not change something in one of the files, reload httpd, and see if the change is effected.

rename one of the files to httpd.conf_old

If the server does not start anymore, you have renamed the one it uses.

Sorry, that should be ps aux | grep apache. Did you try looking through the httpd (or apache) file in /etc/init.d/?