How to make Apache access files outside root

passey · 12-28-2005, 10:08 AM

Hi!

I am am newbie around here.

I have search the forums but cudnt find a solution to my problem.

I have a dynamic IP, and use the DynDNS service. I have installed Apache. Its working perfectly. My main reason to setup a server is so that i can access my 4 partitions wherever i am and can upload and download files from my computer.

My site is : http://passeycomputer.dyndns.org

I DONT want to use a FTP service.

Please help me out!

Cheers
Pushkin

PS - I have heard something about virtual hosts... if that is the answer to my question... I have no clue on how to use them... and cudnt find any tutorials on the net... which is why i came here! :D

Skie · 12-30-2005, 01:36 PM

You should already have 1 virtual host set up. Take a look at your httpd.conf (Apache config file) and look at the very bottom. Make copies of the virtual host, change the server name (i.e. drive2.example.com) and change the Doccument Root to point to that other drive.

**Squashman** · 12-31-2005, 07:07 PM

Windows or Linux?

12-28-2005, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
passey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP+SP2	How to make Apache access files outside root Hi! I am am newbie around here. I have search the forums but cudnt find a solution to my problem. I have a dynamic IP, and use the DynDNS service. I have installed Apache. Its working perfectly. My main reason to setup a server is so that i can access my 4 partitions wherever i am and can upload and download files from my computer. My site is : http://passeycomputer.dyndns.org I DONT want to use a FTP service. Please help me out! Cheers Pushkin PS - I have heard something about virtual hosts... if that is the answer to my question... I have no clue on how to use them... and cudnt find any tutorials on the net... which is why i came here! :D

12-30-2005, 01:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	You should already have 1 virtual host set up. Take a look at your httpd.conf (Apache config file) and look at the very bottom. Make copies of the virtual host, change the server name (i.e. drive2.example.com) and change the Doccument Root to point to that other drive. __________________

12-31-2005, 07:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Squashman Tech, Networking Forums Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave. Posts: 1,142 OS: All of the above	Windows or Linux?