[philm]

..well not in my hands using OSX Server 10.1.4.

After fiddling around setting up some user accounts, I wanted to make some stuff available on the web.

As a default, I should be able to connect to the IP address via http and see index.html in /library/webserver/documents (right?)

Well, when I connect all I get is 'Connection failed' and 'Connection timed out' in the web browser.

What should I check? In Server Admin the IP filter service allows access on all ports within my subnet. In the log file, there is nothing showing under access_log although there is some information under error_log and webperfcache_log.

Could this be a privileges thing? Who should be given access to /library/webserver/documents?

I don't fully understand the 'Sites' tab within 'Web' in Server Admin.

I have lots of pre-OSX Mac web experience, but I would appreciate a helping hand with getting my web access sorted using OSX Server.

I know it should be easy, but...

Thanks.

Phil

[Neko]

OSXS's apache implementation is crap, heh, im using 10.1.5's httpd with my /etc/httpd dir from backup, it works great.

OSXS's apache is 100% virtual host based, which is kinda dumb...

[philzilla]

phil, are you certain that apache is running?

type apachectl in terminal and check the options there

as for

Who should be given access to /library/webserver/documents?

mine says:

drwxrwxr-x 121 root admin 4114 Oct 22 21:12 Documents
(strangely pallendromic firgures there, weird!)

what IP are you using to try and connect? try 127.0.0.1 first, then crack yer WAN IP open, if that works for ya

gimme a progress report, when you can (pm me, if it looks like i'm too mashed to remember to come back and check this forum)

[philm]

Philzilla

Thanks for your help. Looks like I might have an Apache problem, but I am not sure how to manage it. When I did

apachectl start

I got the following error:

[localhost:~] admin% apachectl start
[Wed Oct 30 09:57:45 2002] [warn] module mod_hfs_apple.c is already added, skipping
[Wed Oct 30 09:57:45 2002] [warn] module mod_redirectacgi_apple.c is already added, skipping
fopen: Permission denied
httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log.
/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

Can you help me interpret this?

My permissions were the same as yours, so perhaps this is not an issue.

Also http://127.0.0.1 'could not be retrieved'.

Thanks.

Phil (not zilla)