I have an article I copied from the web regarding this. You need to enter a bunch of terminal commands but here is the link to the file in my dropbox for 24 hours.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mzj8vxjj0hfwxje/%20configure%20apatchee%20in%20the%20terminal.txt?dl=1 Take care. On Feb 8, 2013, at 6:59 AM, John Panarese <jpanar...@mac-access.net> wrote: > I don't think web sharing is supported in Mountain Lion any longer. I > could be wrong, but I believe that is what I read. Thus, you won't find that > folder. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Feb 8, 2013, at 7:23 AM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" > <ch...@clgproductions.com> wrote: > >> OK guys. So here's the situation. I am running OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.2. I >> have gone under system preferences, then to sharing. I turned on web >> sharing, which started the web Apache http daemon service built into the OS >> by default out of the box. The problem is, even after enabling the root >> user account which for liability reasons I am not on list going to reveal >> how to do, I still cannot see under /etc/apache any type of httpd.conf file >> that I can edit in Text Edit like I would do on Unix/Linux. I know that one >> for 20 bucks in the app store can get the server extention add-ons, but why >> do that only for a GUI front end interface? Sure it makes things like >> setting up dns routing, port mascing, IP cloning etc. more easy, but... >> Basically, I only need to really make two changes. By default, the web >> daemon is set to be user specific. This means if I want to access a file >> over the web http service, I must go to: >> >> http://IPAddress/~UserName >> >> IE: http://192.168.1.11/~chris >> >> Then, basically I can access from there anything inside >> /MacintoshHD/Users/chris/Sites, such as index.html >> >> So my question is, I want to change the directive within the conf file so >> that instead of it being user specific, it is system-wide. This way instead >> of going to an address formatted like above, I could instead jsut go to: >> >> http://IPAddress >> >> and that's it. no /~UserName at the end. The only problem is, in doing >> this, if I make the service system wide, then I'd also suspect I'd have to >> somehow change the HTDocs location so that there would be one global system >> wide directory where all web files would go. Then I'd probably have to >> chmod the thing and set not just the owner and the group, but also everyone >> else to RW, read/write. >> >> chmod 666 /MacintoshHD/Users/chris/PathToWebFiles/* >> >> So really, I need to knwo A, where is the conf file, B, how to change those >> two directives in the file. >> >> Chris. >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. 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