On 19/03/16 10:23, Roparzh Hemon wrote: > Thanks for your help Lester. > When I try "http://localhost"; in my browser I get a "403 Forbidden : > you dont have permission to access / on this server" message. > > I installed Apache manually in my personal location (although I > already have the Mac's builtin installation, the reason I'm doing this > is that all the tutorials I found for a deeper understanding of Apache > are for non-Mac environments, and if I wish to adapt those tutorials > to my Mac I need to use something I installed myself so as to know > where things are. Plus, I don't want my little experiments to > interfere with built-in defaults on my system). I know the problem ... but to be honest you will be better working out exactly where the Mac version is installed and remove your extra copy. https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/forbidden-403-you-dont-have-permission-to-access-username-on-this-server/ looks like a good start and seems to be saying that the built in version IS using the /etc/apache location for tee config files ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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