html, apache2 and Mozilla Firefox woes...

mcanallyd · 06-20-2009, 06:41 PM

I can not get agache2 working. I can not edit var/www/index.html. Attempts to 'do anything' in var/www results in a message to locate the global section of SMB.CONF and then change 'usershare owner only = false'. None of the SMB.CONF files on my system can be edited.

I am trying to check my index.html file locally. Everyone keeps telling me I can point Mozilla Firefox to the file; but that does not work. All Mozilla does is act like a text editor and display the code; Mozilla does not execute the index.html file.

Thanks.

jdkaye · 06-21-2009, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcanallyd

None of the SMB.CONF files on my system can be edited.

1. Isn't the file called smb.conf? (no caps).
2. How many smb.conf files do you have?
3. What do you mean, they can't be edited? Do you mean they're not text files? Then something is wrong with your installation. Or do you mean you don't have the permissions to edit them? In that case you should use su or sudo.
Cheers,
jdk

ml41782 · 06-21-2009, 11:24 AM

Appache2 directory /var/www is a root directory. you can edit it as root or chown index.html to your user account.

I did this for the files within /var/www on my system. I didn't want to run as root to work on the files within that directory.

Tinkster · 06-21-2009, 01:10 PM

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...l-file-733720/