On 6/1/2012 2:46 PM, B-o-B De Mars cried from the depths of the abyss: Forgive the top posting, do the below but change the doc root to point to your new www area. > On 5/31/2012 3:56 AM, Craig Rosenblum cried from the depths of the abyss: > >> >> Now All i want is to setup http://localhost:8082 or any other unused >> port number to point to a new folder i have. >> >> I have 3 partitions on my main hard drive, and in one of those >> partitions is a www folder, where i plan to keep all centralized >> websites that i ever worked on, or plan to work on. > > I was thinking about this, and I think you are over complicating things. > > Forget about Virtual Hosts. If all you are trying to do is have a > repository of different sites that you can look at locally try this: > > Start over - Remove apache (and I mean remove it - all traces). > > Reinstall Apache. You are forbidden from using webmin this time! > > manually edit httpd.conf (or apache2.conf - or whatever they are calling > it). > > Change this: > > Listen 80 to Listen 8082 (or whatever port you want) > > Take note of the stock install Document root location ie: > /srv/httpd/htdocs or /var/www/html or whatever This is going to be you > homebase. > > Also, make sure the Doc root has Options Indexes. > > Fire-Up Apache. Make sure it is working on port 8082 (or whatever you > picked) > > Feel free to put your sites in directories in your /home or where ever. > This doesn't matter. > > Then just create symlink from your sites into your apaches doc root. > > ie: your site is in /home/craig/ebay > > create a link like > > ln -s /home/craig/ebay /var/www/htdocs/ebay > > This is easiest. Then when you goto localhost:8082 you will see > directories for each site. Click the siteyou want & whalah. > > This is what I would do in your situation. > > Good Luck! > > Mr. B-o-B > > > > >> >> I even install webmin, but I am more than a bit rusty on virtualhost >> setup. >> >> I really prefer not to have to add folders to /var/www because I want to >> keep my linux partition small. >> >> I am planning to work on a new way of doing my web-based media center >> app, since I can't play local videos via file:/// >> >> Sorry for the long rant... >> >> Any tips to just get localhost working to point to a folder on one of my >> partitions? >> >> Do i need to setup any special permissions for that www folder so that >> it can be accessed? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Craig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >