Local Network users can see www root but no deeper.

[warby12]

Hi, I'm on the latest Ubuntu install and use a LAMP install for web development. I want to be able to view work in progress from an XP desktop on the local network. From my linux desktop which has the apache install on it I can see everything fine. From the XP I can access the home page at /var/www but cannot go any deeper. I have changed permissions to 777 and checked the file ownerships but no good. It's driving me batty and the help on the web always seems to refer to a different configuration. I am pasting my config files below and would really appreciate any help.  ??? :-\

 

my httpd.conf file is empty and the apache2.conf file has this ( I haven't modified it):

 

#

# Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.

#

# This is the main Apache server configuration file. It contains the

# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.

# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about

# the directives.

#

# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding

# what they do. They're here only as hints or reminders. If you are unsure

# consult the online docs. You have been warned.

#

# The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:

# 1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a

# whole (the 'global environment').

# 2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,

# which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.

# These directives also provide default values for the settings

# of all virtual hosts.

# 3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to

# different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the

# same Apache server process.

#

# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many

# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the

# server will use that explicit path. If the filenames do *not* begin

# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "/var/log/apache2/foo.log"

# with ServerRoot set to "" will be interpreted by the

# server as "//var/log/apache2/foo.log".

#

 

### Section 1: Global Environment

#

# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,

# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it

# can find its configuration files.

#

 

#

# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's

# configuration, error, and log files are kept.

#

# NOTE! If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)

# mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available

# at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile>);

# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

#

# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.

#

ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"

 

#

# The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.

#

#<IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>

#<IfModule !mpm_netware.c>

LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock

#</IfModule>

#</IfModule>

 

#

# PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process

# identification number when it starts.

# This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars

#

PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}

 

#

# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.

#

Timeout 300

 

#

# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than

# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.

#

KeepAlive On

 

#

# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow

# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.

# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.

#

MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

 

#

# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the

# same client on the same connection.

#

KeepAliveTimeout 15

 

##

## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific)

##

 

# prefork MPM

# StartServers: number of server processes to start

# MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare

# MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare

# MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>

StartServers 5

MinSpareServers 5

MaxSpareServers 10

MaxClients 150

MaxRequestsPerChild 0

</IfModule>

 

# worker MPM

# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start

# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections

# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_worker_module>

StartServers 2

MaxClients 150

MinSpareThreads 25

MaxSpareThreads 75

ThreadsPerChild 25

MaxRequestsPerChild 0

</IfModule>

 

# These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars

User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}

Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}

 

#

# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory

# for additional configuration directives. See also the AllowOverride

# directive.

#

 

AccessFileName .htaccess

 

#

# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being

# viewed by Web clients.

#

<Files ~ "^\.ht">

Order allow,deny

Deny from all

</Files>

 

#

# DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document

# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.

# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is

# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications

# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to

# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are

# text.

#

DefaultType text/plain

 

 

#

# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses

# e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).

# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people

# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that

# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the

# nameserver.

#

HostnameLookups Off

 

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.

# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>

# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be

# logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>

# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.

#

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

 

#

# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,

# alert, emerg.

#

LogLevel warn

 

# Include module configuration:

Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load

Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf

 

# Include all the user configurations:

Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

 

# Include ports listing

Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf

 

#

# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with

# a CustomLog directive (see below).

# If you are behind a reverse proxy, you might want to change %h into %{X-Forwarded-For}i

#

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer

LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

 

#

# ServerTokens

# This directive configures what you return as the Server HTTP response

# Header. The default is 'Full' which sends information about the OS-Type

# and compiled in modules.

# Set to one of: Full | OS | Minor | Minimal | Major | Prod

# where Full conveys the most information, and Prod the least.

#

ServerTokens Full

 

#

# Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host

# name to server-generated pages (internal error documents, FTP directory

# listings, mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated

# documents or custom error documents).

# Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.

# Set to one of: On | Off | EMail

#

ServerSignature On

 

 

 

#

# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:

# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects

#

# Some examples:

#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."

#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html

#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"

#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html

#

 

#

# Putting this all together, we can internationalize error responses.

#

# We use Alias to redirect any /error/HTTP_<error>.html.var response to

# our collection of by-error message multi-language collections. We use

# includes to substitute the appropriate text.

#

# You can modify the messages' appearance without changing any of the

# default HTTP_<error>.html.var files by adding the line:

#

# Alias /error/include/ "/your/include/path/"

#

# which allows you to create your own set of files by starting with the

# /usr/share/apache2/error/include/ files and copying them to /your/include/path/,

# even on a per-VirtualHost basis. The default include files will display

# your Apache version number and your ServerAdmin email address regardless

# of the setting of ServerSignature.

#

# The internationalized error documents require mod_alias, mod_include

# and mod_negotiation. To activate them, uncomment the following 30 lines.

 

# Alias /error/ "/usr/share/apache2/error/"

#

# <Directory "/usr/share/apache2/error">

# AllowOverride None

# Options IncludesNoExec

# AddOutputFilter Includes html

# AddHandler type-map var

# Order allow,deny

# Allow from all

# LanguagePriority en cs de es fr it nl sv pt-br ro

# ForceLanguagePriority Prefer Fallback

# </Directory>

#

# ErrorDocument 400 /error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var

# ErrorDocument 401 /error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var

# ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_FORBIDDEN.html.var

# ErrorDocument 404 /error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var

# ErrorDocument 405 /error/HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED.html.var

# ErrorDocument 408 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_TIME_OUT.html.var

# ErrorDocument 410 /error/HTTP_GONE.html.var

# ErrorDocument 411 /error/HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED.html.var

# ErrorDocument 412 /error/HTTP_PRECONDITION_FAILED.html.var

# ErrorDocument 413 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE.html.var

# ErrorDocument 414 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE.html.var

# ErrorDocument 415 /error/HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE.html.var

# ErrorDocument 500 /error/HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.html.var

# ErrorDocument 501 /error/HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.html.var

# ErrorDocument 502 /error/HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY.html.var

# ErrorDocument 503 /error/HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.html.var

# ErrorDocument 506 /error/HTTP_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES.html.var

 

 

 

# Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,

# see README.Debian for details.

 

# Include generic snippets of statements

Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/

 

# Include the virtual host configurations:

Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

[jncR09]

Take a look at /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

 

probably this helps

<Directory "/var/www/">
Order deny,allow
allow from all
</Directory>

[warby12]

Thanks jncR09 ! gotta go to work now , wil try when I get home. Thanks for your help

[warby12]

It didn't work unfortunately, still searching. I've noticed though that on the other machine (the one the apache is not on) if I search for the sever using say 192.168.1.1 it gets the home page but as soon as I navigate into a lower directory it has http://localhost in the address bar and it's not local !

[warby12]

Ok I'm an idiot ! but a happy idiot ! I should have twigged. the html file I had at the server root has a link to the subdirectories which had A href="http://localhost/dev/">Dev</A> instead of <A href="dev/">Dev</A>  so everytime it loaded it kept trying to find localhost even when it wasn't local. What a dope happy dope.

 

I'm sure I didn't put localhost in the address. Must have been one of the html editors I have been testing. Oh boy, now I can do some work. I just wanted to test sites against Int Expl ! Cheers