Hi,

I am trying to install apache 2.0.52 on my Mandrake 10.1 distribution

This is what i did:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache
make
make install
cd /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
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I get the default page saying my server was correctly installed
But now i want to setup my personal page
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I change httpd.conf file with the following:
Listen 80

ServerName fakedomain.com:80

DocumentRoot "/home/user/www"

Directory "/home/user/www"

NameVirtualHost fakedomain.com:80

<VirtualHost fakedomain.com:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@fakedomain.com
DocumentRoot /home/user/www
ServerName fakedomain.com
ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
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I then create a simple index.html @ /home/user/www
and then tried to access it through a web browser by going to
fakedomain.com

I had no luck accessing index.html the browser just time out

your help is greatly appreciated

First of all, you should not need to create a VirtualHost if you have only 1 domain on the server.

Second, do you have a DNS entry that points fakedomain.com to that server's IP address?

I have a DNS entry that points to my domain name

And i have tried without a virtualhost and still no sucess

Make sure that:

1- when u ping www.sitename.com it does
2- Dns entries are propagated (also test in dnsreport.com )
3- "/home/user/www" has 775 permission

When i ping my domain name it goes through no problem

But when i did a dns report @ dnsreport.com

i get All Nameserver respond fail:

ERROR: Some of your nameservers listed at the parent nameservers did not respond. The ones that did not respond are:

69.10.134.195


Note: If you are running a Watchguard Firebox with DNS Proxy enabled, there may be a bug causing port numbers get mixed up -- if this is the case, you can contact Watchguard to see if they have a fix.

I tried to ping that NS with sucess.


I would like to mention that i have apache 2.0.52 installed on windows XP and it works fine.
that means that the DNS and NS are configured correctly.What i am trying to do right now is
migrate everything to Linux.

Also how do i give /usr/user/www 777 permission??

Thanks for you help