From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 26 11:24:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [216.102.203.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 954A815C5F for ; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:24:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from localhost (bri@localhost) by adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA10999; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:23:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:23:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian X-Sender: bri@adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net To: Jackie Gibson Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web server In-Reply-To: <37C4846B.883BDAF3@worldnet.att.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you install a bsd box with the ports collection, then install the apache1.3 port, heres the critical stuff, I saved this after I recently installed a port... The default index.html is found this way. /usr/home/bri{96}% locate index.html /usr/local/share/doc/apache/index.html /usr/local/share/doc/apache/manual/index.html /usr/local/share/doc/apache/manual/misc/index.html /usr/local/share/doc/apache/manual/mod/index.html /usr/local/share/doc/apache/manual/mod/mod_autoindex.html /usr/local/share/doc/apache/manual/vhosts/index.html /usr/local/share/doc/pine/tech-notes/index.html Needless to say, you want to copy then edit the first one. Bri You now have successfully built and installed the | | Apache 1.3 HTTP server. To verify that Apache actually | | works correctly you now should first check the | | (initially created or preserved) configuration files | | | | /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf | | | and then you should be able to immediately fire up | | Apache the first time by running: | | | | /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start | | | Thanks for using Apache. The Apache Group | | http://www.apache.org/ | +--------------------------------------------------------+ = On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Jackie Gibson wrote: > I really do not know much about freebsd (or any other unix os) and would > only like to set up a web server. Can you point me in the right > direction? For instance - after I have installed the freebsd, I would > like to know what dir to put my home page in. I can figure out what > commands do what, I can even configure the ciso router, but need to know > some functionality structure. > Thanks in advance, > Jackie R. Gibson > return email to krypton@swconnect.net - my work address > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message