if I change to 776 then instead of my index.php page showing I get the Apache default page.--- nobody's going to call you a dummy - you think that you will just intrinsically will understand the Linux OS and it ain't that simple. I assure you that I am still learning a lot some 5 or 6 years after I started.
Links will show when you see them. This directory has 3 of them... # ls -l total 132 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75942 Jan 4 21:34 apache -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2483 Dec 13 18:12 construction.gif -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1711 Dec 13 18:12 devry.txt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 10 17:18 horde -> /var/www/html/horde lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jan 11 15:55 horde.head -> /var/www/html/horde.head -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 938 Dec 13 18:12 index.html -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12757 Dec 13 18:12 MacOS.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 12 21:44 mail -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 945 Jan 5 10:24 mullenpr.der lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Dec 26 14:48 phpldapadmin -> /var/www/html/phpldapadmin-0.9.3/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14432 Dec 13 18:12 WUNNINGWABBIT.gif
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Easy answer - make soft links not hard links until you know the difference
ln -s /real/path/of/link /path/of/soft/link or ln -s source target
more importantly I think that in your lack of knowledge of the OS itself, you should defer to the wisdom of those who came before you and created the systems and try to live within the built-in constraints or defaults. chmod 777 on your home directory is using a shot gun to kill a little bird and the ramifications of that could be unfelt for quite some time.
Since my home directory at my host is located at /home/lokrin/www/www and I have several HUNDRED pages coded to that path, I thought it would be easier to place the files in the same path here.For example, the default for the apache web services on red hat is to use the /var/www/html tree and it is logical to put your web documents there as opposed to somewhere nested within your home directory. In fact, it would make even more sense to keep the development documents in your home directory and copy them into the web tree when you want to 'freeze' a version - 'development' in your home directory, 'stable' in the /var/www/html tree. To test stuff in your home directory, any browser is capable of accessing file://locahost/~user/web/index.php or whatever.
Doesn't seem to work. Is this supposed to work for the entire set of subdirectories along with the directory itself?I had suggested to you in a previous message that you can get quick access by putting your web documents into the /var/www/html tree and creating a symbolic link in your home directory...
ln -s /var/www/html /home/lokrin/webtree (or something similar)
Lastly, I don't think that the apache documentation is installed by default - you can check - you can always install it or go to www.apache.org for information.
Will look..... Nope, don't see it. I'll look for it at apache.org Yep, but no download version.
Craigthanks
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