Acess apache remotely on slackware 13.1

Willian · 11-09-2010, 07:28 AM

I have installed apache on slackware (I was isntalled slackware without apache) and "It Works" but when I try to access it remotely it returns "404 error". Apache server work pretty well localy either for localhost or IP adress.

thaks by any kind of help.

udaman · 11-09-2010, 07:51 AM

Check in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf that the Document root directory is set to 'Allow from all'. The Document root dir is usually /srv/www/htdocs, and below that declaration is a clause that looks like this:

Code:

# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "/srv/httpd/htdocs">
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride None

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all

</Directory>

Make sure the next to last line is 'Allow from all'

Willian · 11-09-2010, 08:22 AM

No Mr. Udaman, my httpd.conf is with "allow for all" opition and without no coment (#).
I was thinking about a firewall but I do not have no firewall in use here, iptables is empty.

Thanks

Willian · 11-10-2010, 07:08 AM

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Anybody know about system policies menu on KDE4 i was reading about and it look like a filter or something like a firewall. How I disable it and how can I know what file it is making changes?

Guttorm · 11-10-2010, 07:13 AM

Hi

Not sure what the problem is, but error 404 means the web server can't find the file you are asking it for. If there was a firewall problem, you wouldn't get contact with the web server at all. Or maybe you reached a different server?

Willian · 11-10-2010, 09:39 AM

Mr. Guttorm, I can access the same page (index.html of server) locally but when a try to access the page from another computer it return time out (and in some browsers it is recognized as error 404). Sorry if I had bad explained my problem.

Thanks

Willian · 11-11-2010, 07:34 AM

up
I'm really stuck!
No search returns great results but I think it is not hard this look like a simple thing but I can not to solve AAAAA!!!

Hangdog42 · 11-11-2010, 11:28 AM

It could be a number of things. Have you looked in the Apache logs (/var/log/httpd)? Look in both the access_log and the error_log. That should give you some clues as to what is happening.

Willian · 11-11-2010, 01:44 PM

let me explain it better, the Internet Explorer said error 404 but it is not error 404 the browser do not connect with the server. The log's are empty only irrelevant info. I turn on the httpd and it works but only locally if I try to connect from another computer the computer can not connect to the server.

Hangdog42 · 11-11-2010, 02:04 PM

Quote:

I try to connect from another computer the computer can not connect to the server.

When you say you can't connect from another computer, is that computer on the same network/LAN as the server or is it outside of your network? A description of your network setup might help. Also in your first post you said:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willian

Apache server work pretty well localy either for localhost or IP adress.

By IP address, do you mean a regualr IP address or the local IP address (127.0.0.1)? How are you trying to connect when you get the 404? IP address or name?

Willian · 11-11-2010, 04:55 PM

Internet no network. I'm trying to make a http server but no one can not open the pages and is not error 404, is timeout.

LyCC · 11-11-2010, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willian

I have installed apache on slackware (I was isntalled slackware without apache) and "It Works" but when I try to access it remotely it returns "404 error". Apache server work pretty well localy either for localhost or IP adress.

- if here you mean by 404, timeout and the page can't be opened (and the 404 is not returned by apache), then

Try:

Listen 80
or
Listen 1.2.3.4:80 (your ip there)

I mean if apache is listening on the external IP ...
PS: if you are behind a router, you need to configure port forwarding. Also make sure the firewall allows the http connection.

PS: Also check the /var/logs/httpd/error_log or access_log, to see if any request is comming in from the remote computer at all. If not, there is nothing wrong with your apache, something is not letting the outside computers connect in, like router, etc ...

bathory · 11-11-2010, 05:20 PM

You need to forward traffic to port 80 from your router to your Slackware box, if you want to access your web server from the internet

Willian · 11-11-2010, 05:39 PM

My router is fowarding, on windows I can use apache and all people can access my server but on Slackware I can not make the server accessible.
I use 80 port and the log is free of errors.

bathory · 11-12-2010, 12:26 AM

Quote:

My router is fowarding, on windows I can use apache and all people can access my server but on Slackware I can not make the server accessible.

What you mean?
You're dual booting and apache on windows is accessible from outside, while apache on Slackware is not?
If that's the case, check if it's a firewall problem and if apache is listening on all available interfaces:

Code:

iptables -L
netstat -tanpl|grep httpd