I can't get my Website to work on my local intranet.

tivoli pete · 10-12-2003, 02:35 PM

I have set up a Linux server on my network, and I have Apache 2 installed, but when I try to access the default page using the localhost or its ip number, I just get page can't be found errors!

My distro' is RH 7.1 and initially, when I typed in the Linux server's hostname - I would get the info page, but not now. I have checked the httpd.conf, but can't see anything odd.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Tivoli Pete.

trickykid · 10-12-2003, 02:38 PM

If you replaced the default "Its working" page with your own, did you make sure its readable by all, etc? Can you get the page on the actual server itself by typing in your localhost IP? http://127.0.0.1

And you don't have any firewalls setup or anything on this server?

tivoli pete · 10-12-2003, 04:05 PM

I have checked with http://127.0.0.0 and get a permission denied response. If I use localhost I get a message:

"The connection was refused when attempting to contact keyword.netscape.com"

Things all went pear shape after a power cut a few months back!

Tivoli Pete.

coldy · 10-12-2003, 04:45 PM

http://127.0.0.1 not http://127.0.0.0

this is your loopback address

tivoli pete · 10-12-2003, 04:50 PM

Yes, sorry, that was a typo - whoops!

It gives the same response - "Connection refused"

Tivoli Pete

coldy · 10-12-2003, 05:09 PM

Ok, look what trickykid ask you, and look is the server already runing

tivoli pete · 10-13-2003, 01:41 AM

How do I stop and start the Web server? If I make a change to the httpd.conf file - do I then need to stop/start Apache to make the changes effective?

Tivoli Pete.

coldy · 10-13-2003, 08:06 AM

yes, you must restart apache to apply new settings. To restart it type

Code:

# service httpd restart

when you run

Code:

# service httpd

you'll see available options about this service

trickykid · 10-13-2003, 09:44 AM

Also make sure you have read rights on the files your trying to access, say for instance, your index file??

chmod 644 index.html

tivoli pete · 10-13-2003, 03:23 PM

Restarting Apache has cured the problem. I possibly applied the fix, but never activated it - boy do I feel dumb!!

Thanks everyone for your help!

Tivoli Pete.