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    file location - localhost

    Hi - I've installed LAMP on my new laptop and can successfully navigate to localhost. I'm not all that clear about Ubuntu's filing system and would like to ask, where are my localhost files stored?

    Thanks - G

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    Re: file location - localhost

    /var/www/
    "Please choose a different password, the one you have chosen is in use by UID 1432"

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    Re: file location - localhost

    Great - thanks G

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    You can set the location in the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file:
    <VirtualHost *>
    ServerName YourServerName
    DocumentRoot /home/YourHomeFolder/www
    </Virtualhost>
    /var/www is owned by root

    /home/YourHomeFolder/www is owned by your user

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    Re: file location - localhost

    Quick hijack:

    Are there security advantages in having the files stored in the user's home directory?

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    Re: file location - localhost

    Not advantages, just that you don't need to be root to be able to put stuff in the shared directory.
    Please remember to mark the thread "solved" if we have success helping you out. This helps people to look for help later on.

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    Re: file location - localhost

    Thanks guys - and a helpful hijack, too!

    G

    PS - I can't where to mark it as solved!!
    Last edited by gandalf458; June 18th, 2008 at 01:00 PM.

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    Re: file location - localhost

    A further thought... If I change localhost to /home/user/www how do I then access PHPmyAdmin?

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    Re: file location - localhost

    Quote Originally Posted by sisco311 View Post
    You can set the location in the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file:
    I've changed the http.conf file to point to /home/user/www and restarted Ubuntu (I haven't figured out how to stop and restart the http server yet) but localhost still seems to be looking in /var/www

    Any idea what I might be doing wrong please?

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    Re: file location - localhost

    Oops! Just found my problem. Press F5!

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