On Tuesday 06 September 2005 16:09, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- Re: [users@httpd] Virtual host config: >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? OK solved it - the manual I was using gave the impression that the DocumentRoot was specified relative to the server root rather than absolutely. Once I got over that the rest fell into place. Thanks 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