Hello, You might try putting your files in Library/WebServer/Documents/ Norman On 2011-02-24, at 12:12 PM, Matt Guise wrote: > Web Sharing and File Sharing is on and checked. But when I type in the > Safari browser " http://localhost/"; I get the message "Safari can't open the > page "http://localhost/"; because the server unexpectedly dropped the > connection. This sometimes occurs when the serveris busy. Wait for a few > minutes, and then try again." > > Which is why they told me to I need to reload Apache. > > 1. Do you think I should reinstall Apache? > > 2. If so I downloaded httpd-2.2.17 and it is sitting on my desktop. Where > should I put that folder? I keep all of my websites in the site folder. > Mathewguise/sites. > > http://192.168.1.100/~mathewguise/ > > Thanks for helping me with my extremely novice questions. > > Matt > > > On 2/24/11 12:57 PM, "Doug McNutt" <douglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> At 11:40 -0600 2/24/11, Matt Guise wrote: >>> My ultimate goal is to run the server on my iMac running Mac OS X Version >>> 10.6.6. Using Adobe Dreamweaver I want to test PHP pages locally on my >>> computer. All mac's come with Apache installed but for some reason mine is >>> not running right. I called AppleCare and they said that I need to reinstall >>> Apache. >>> >>> When I type in the Safari browser " http://localhost/"; I get the message " >>> Safari can't open the page "http://localhost/"; because the server >>> unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server >>> is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again." >>> >> >> I'm surprised, but AppleCare might have missed the obvious: You will need to >> turn on the general features of file sharing in OS X. System preferences is >> the application and Network or Sharing are the GUI style questions. They are >> obvious to a casual user but frustratingly complex when viewed by a UNIX user. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --- http://www.normanfournier.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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