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Testing the Apache Installation

Beta Draft Getting Started 2-3

Testing the Apache Installation

1. Start your web browser and enter the following URL:

http://localhost

Your browser should display a page similar to:

2. In the default Apache Web server configuration file set up a public virtual

directory as public_html for accessing your PHP files. By using your preferred

editor open the Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and

remove the "#" character at the start of the line with the following directive:

#UserDir public_html

This enables a browser to make a HTTP request using a registered user on the

system and to serve files from the users $HOME/public_html directory. For

example:

http://localhost/~user

For example: your Apache httpd.conf file should contain the following lines:

# UserDir is disabled by default since it can confirm the presence

# of a username on the system (depending on home directory

# permissions).

#UserDir disable

# To enable requests to /~user/ to serve the user's public_html

# directory, remove the "UserDir disable" line above, and uncomment

See also: For further information about unlocking an Oracle

Database account, see Chapter 6, "Managing Users and Security", in

the Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day DBA guide.