On Thursday 24 February 2011 21:55:17 Arthur P Pesa wrote: > When I was using my MAC to run Apache, I installed the full version of > Apache since my MAC had a "light" version of httpd. Stop spreading FUD (at least if you mean a Mac computer with one of last 3 or 4 major versions of OS X by "MAC"). Apple packages a complete install of httpd 2.x with a few extra modules, although compiled and configured with a quite unusual directory layout (which is a supported feature of httpd). But it is perfectly useable out of the box for static websites, including user sites, and most PHP applications. The "Web Sharing" preference is merely a frontend to starting and stopping httpd, propably via launchd. It is also optional, apachectl works as well. It also does write log files, IIRC in the usual location under /var/log/apache2, viewable from the Console application or Terminal. JFTR: it is no problem to compile and use a vanilla httpd on OSX with Developer Tools. But it should not be necessary for th OP. Rainer > > I found it confusing as well, until I had the full version of Apache > > Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Matt Guise" <mguise@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 11:12 am > Subject: Newbie > To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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