On Tuesday 06 September 2005 10:20, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- [users@httpd] Virtual host config: >Hi > >My Apache2 runs on Unix (Freebsd) with >httpd.conf including >ServerRoot "/usr/local" >DocumentRoot "/usr/local/www/data" > >It is so long ago that I was working on apache that I have forgotten the >basics! > >I am adding a number of virtual hosts the files located as > >/usr2/virtualhosts/vhostname1/ >/usr2/virtualhosts/vhostname2/ >etc > >I want to keep the existing website running under /usr/local/www/data as > well as the virtual hosts. > >I do not want to try the Virtual-Host Aliases until I have got my head > around the basics! > >I have set up a virtualhosts.conf file using an Include directory: > >Include etc/apache2/Includes/*.conf > ><VirtualHost x.x.x.x> > DocumentRoot /usr2/virtualwebs/vhostname1 > ServerName vhostname1.com > AcceptPathInfo On ></VirtualHost> > >I am clearly not getting my set up/permissions right because I get > >You don't have permission to access / on this server. > >It seems some needed directives are missing from the virtualhosts.conf > and/or httpd.conf files. > >Despite reading the documentation I do not get it! I have also tried using a link dns1# cd www dns1# ls -l total 14 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 Sep 6 14:20 virtualwebs -> /usr2/virtualwebs/ with virtualhosts.conf carrying entries of: <VirtualHost x.x.x.x> DocumentRoot /www/virtualwebs/vhost1.com ServerName vhost1.com AcceptPathInfo On </VirtualHost> and tried <VirtualHost x.x.x.x> DocumentRoot /virtualwebs/vhost1.com ServerName vhost1.com AcceptPathInfo On </VirtualHost> when that did not work In either case I get Warning: DocumentRoot [/www/virtualwebs/vhost1.com] does not exist How can I get this right? david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx