Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
Varuna Seneviratna wrote: I started the service But I had to log on as root. Um, not really. Well, that rather depends on what *you* mean by logging on. You only need to do su - (in the command line of your normal login) to be allowed to start the webserver, then a service httpd start command, and then you can go back to being yourself, once it's started. [tim@gonzales ~]$ su - Password: [root@gonzales ~]# service httpd start Starting httpd:[ OK ] [root@gonzales ~]# exit logout If you start it up from one of the configuration GUIs, it'll ask you to enter the root password, just to use that GUI. Again, you only need to be logged in as yourself. If you plan to do a lot of web development work, you might configure the service to it always starts itself each time you boot up. 1 How to Do web Development, I am not able to(not allowed) save any .html or any other file in the directory /var/www/html Do I have to logged in as root to Do web Development? No, you don't. However, you're going to have to change some things, first. While still the root user, you change the ownership of /var/www/html to yourself. While still the root user, you can reconfigure the webserver to use a different directory, one that is owned by yourself (such as a sub-directory placed inside /var/www/html. 2 Am I safe from outside intrusion when running the Web Server bound to port 80 No. Whether you're safe, or not, depends on other factors. Is there a firewall on your ISP or your modem router, between the outside world and your computer? Are you running a firewall on your computer? Those are the things that will stop outsiders from reaching it. NB: Don't top post on this list. Write your replies below the bits of someone's messages that you're replying to, as I've done. Also, I see you've got your own address in the reply-to header, this means that you will be sent a reply, directly, as well as a reply that has come through the list. If you want that, fine. Otherwise, remove your address from the reply-to headers. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 08:48 +0530, Varuna Seneviratna wrote: When the command service httpd start is given the output is Starting httpd: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName Sounds like your networking wasn't up, at the time. Or you don't have working DNS. If you have a DNS server, then your computer's IP address and hostname should be programmed into it. Otherwise, you can enter the information into your /etc/hosts file. Have a look at the file, and man hosts, for how it's used. (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs [FAILED] Which does sound like, either something else is already running on port 80, or perhaps you have a SELinux restriction on web serving, or you weren't the root user (which I see is the case, by your subsequent post). For future reference, running the following command line will show if something's already running. Look for an address followed by :80 in the local address column. netstat -antvp And the end column would name the program. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
On 13 April 2011 12:01, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Varuna Seneviratna wrote: I started the service But I had to log on as root. Um, not really. Well, that rather depends on what *you* mean by logging on. You only need to do su - (in the command line of your normal login) to be allowed to start the webserver, then a service httpd start command, and then you can go back to being yourself, once it's started. [tim@gonzales ~]$ su - Password: [root@gonzales ~]# service httpd start Starting httpd: [ OK ] [root@gonzales ~]# exit logout This is exactly what I did Tim and it is to the above procedure that I referred to have had to login as root If you start it up from one of the configuration GUIs, it'll ask you to enter the root password, just to use that GUI. Again, you only need to be logged in as yourself. What is the or are the configuration GUis that are included with fedora 14 or can be installed? If you plan to do a lot of web development work, you might configure the service to it always starts itself each time you boot up. 1 How to Do web Development, I am not able to(not allowed) save any .html or any other file in the directory /var/www/html Do I have to logged in as root to Do web Development? No, you don't. However, you're going to have to change some things, first. While still the root user, you change the ownership of /var/www/html to yourself. How Am I able to change the ownership of the /var/www/html through the terminal when logged in as root? While still the root user, you can reconfigure the webserver to use a different directory, one that is owned by yourself (such as a sub-directory placed inside /var/www/html. While I am the root user How is it possible to configure the webserver to use a different directory through the terminal? 2 Am I safe from outside intrusion when running the Web Server bound to port 80 No. Whether you're safe, or not, depends on other factors. Is there a firewall on your ISP or your modem router, between the outside world and your computer? Are you running a firewall on your computer? Those are the things that will stop outsiders from reaching it. As usual the Firewall that comes with fedora is enabled.But what I am not aware of is that when an webserver is listinig on port 80 is it accessible to outside parties? NB: Don't top post on this list. Write your replies below the bits of someone's messages that you're replying to, as I've done. I am sorry If I inconvenienced you guys by doing top posting.I typed where the curer appeared when the reply link was clicked on the Gmail inbox.I hope i have now corrected that error Also, I see you've got your own address in the reply-to header, this means that you will be sent a reply, directly, as well as a reply that has come through the list. If you want that, fine. Otherwise, remove your address from the reply-to headers. What you say is True But I don't get two copies I don't know why? -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
Tim: If you start it up from one of the configuration GUIs, it'll ask you to enter the root password, just to use that GUI. Again, you only need to be logged in as yourself. Varuna Seneviratna: What is the or are the configuration GUis that are included with fedora 14 or can be installed? I'm not up to date with the latest version of Fedora, but the older Fedora has a services GUI in the System/Administration menu. This has stop/start functions for all services currently installed on the computer. KDE has something similar. While still the root user, you change the ownership of /var/www/html to yourself. How Am I able to change the ownership of the /var/www/html through the terminal when logged in as root? See the man page for chown (change ownership). You can apply it to directories and files. Be aware that there *may* be a problem with changing the ownership of /var/www/html/ as it's a standard directory, that might be expected to be root owned, though I can't think of anything that actually does care. e.g. chown varuna /var/www/html You might also want to learn about the apropos command, to search for man pages on some keyword that springs to mind. apropos owner Would return a list of man pages, and packages, that match the query of owner. Then it's a case of trying to think of the keyword that's likely to be used to describe what you want to learn about. That'll probably help you with the next thing you need to find out about. Another hint about file ownership and permissions: Web serveable files should not be owned by the username that runs the webserver (apache), likewise they should not be writable by all users, else files can be written to through someone using the webserver, otherwise known as hacking. i.e. /var/www/html/important-page.html Should be owned by you, or root, or some other username, but not apache. Likewise for groups. And only the first group of permissions should be writable. e.g. -rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim213 2007-11-11 19:15 testpage.html While still the root user, you can reconfigure the webserver to use a different directory, one that is owned by yourself (such as a sub-directory placed inside /var/www/html. While I am the root user How is it possible to configure the webserver to use a different directory through the terminal? Apache's config is inside /etc/httpd, my main server configuration file is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. The DocumentRoot directive configures where the website starts from. Once you start Apache, you can read it's manual by browsing to http://localhost/manual/ Learning how to use the webserver is an important part of making websites, especially if you're doing anything more than just serving out prepared HTML and image files, such as dynamic pages, scripts, etc. For that reason, it's very useful to either install the same server software that your public website uses, or seek out a public server that uses the same software that you already have. Fortunately, Apache is widely used. As usual the Firewall that comes with fedora is enabled.But what I am not aware of is that when an webserver is listinig on port 80 is it accessible to outside parties? By default, the webserver listens to all network connections on port 80. With a firewall in place, an outsider can't connect, even if the webserver is ready and waiting. You can configure the webserver to only listen to certain networks. For instance, if you only have one computer, you could set it to only listen to 127.0.0.1 (itself). This is configured by the (drum roll) Listen directive in the Apache configuration file. NB: Don't top post on this list. Write your replies below the bits of someone's messages that you're replying to, as I've done. I am sorry If I inconvenienced you guys by doing top posting.I typed where the curer appeared when the reply link was clicked on the Gmail inbox.I hope i have now corrected that error Yes, that's the way. You'll get more help, this way. It's what the list expects, and plenty of people will just hit delete when they see messages which don't comply. Some will say, the cursor being somewhere in particular on the page doesn't mean you're supposed to start typing them, just that you start working on the reply from there, which might be snipping out parts that don't need quoting. Also, I see you've got your own address in the reply-to header, What you say is True But I don't get two copies I don't know why? That could be because you're using gmail, and perhaps it can filter out duplicates. It can hide your own posts coming back from a server, going by what others have said about gmail. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
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Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com wrote: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing? as root: # yum install httpd Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
When I give the command yum info httpd The Output is: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_GB to language list Installed Packages Name : httpd Arch : i686 Version : 2.2.17 Release : 1.fc14 Size : 2.8 M Repo : installed From repo : updates Summary : Apache HTTP Server URL : http://httpd.apache.org/ License : ASL 2.0 Description : The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible : web server. Does this mean that HTTP Server is already installed on my system and if it is How do I start it and Access it as local host Varuna On 13 April 2011 08:26, Richard Shaw hobbes1...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com wrote: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing? as root: # yum install httpd Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
Richard When the command service httpd start is given the output is Starting httpd: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs [FAILED] Is there or can be a service be running on port 80 and if it is how do I determine what it is and stop it.I am new to Fedora and Linux and I do not know the way around much Varuna On 13 April 2011 08:41, Richard Shaw hobbes1...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com wrote: When I give the command yum info httpd The Output is: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_GB to language list Installed Packages Name : httpd Arch : i686 Version : 2.2.17 Release : 1.fc14 Size : 2.8 M Repo : installed From repo : updates Summary : Apache HTTP Server URL : http://httpd.apache.org/ License : ASL 2.0 Description : The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible : web server. Does this mean that HTTP Server is already installed on my system and if it is How do I start it and Access it as local host Yup, it's installed already. It won't do much out of the box but you can do the following: To start the service: # service httpd start To make it start on boot: # chkconfig httpd on If you browse to localhost you should see the default apache page. Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
Richard When I logged in as root and issued the command it started working, the output was Starting httpd: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName Since it is listning on port 80 am I safe from outside intrusions Varuna -- Forwarded message -- From: Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com Date: 13 April 2011 08:48 Subject: Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing? To: Richard Shaw hobbes1...@gmail.com Cc: Community support for Fedora users users@lists.fedoraproject.org Richard When the command service httpd start is given the output is Starting httpd: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs [FAILED] Is there or can be a service be running on port 80 and if it is how do I determine what it is and stop it.I am new to Fedora and Linux and I do not know the way around much Varuna On 13 April 2011 08:41, Richard Shaw hobbes1...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com wrote: When I give the command yum info httpd The Output is: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_GB to language list Installed Packages Name : httpd Arch : i686 Version : 2.2.17 Release : 1.fc14 Size : 2.8 M Repo : installed From repo : updates Summary : Apache HTTP Server URL : http://httpd.apache.org/ License : ASL 2.0 Description : The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible : web server. Does this mean that HTTP Server is already installed on my system and if it is How do I start it and Access it as local host Yup, it's installed already. It won't do much out of the box but you can do the following: To start the service: # service httpd start To make it start on boot: # chkconfig httpd on If you browse to localhost you should see the default apache page. Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
From: Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com To: Richard Shaw hobbes1...@gmail.com Cc: Community support for Fedora users users@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 8:08:53 PM Subject: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing? When I give the command yum info httpd The Output is: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_GB to language list Installed Packages Name: httpd Arch: i686 Version : 2.2.17 Release : 1.fc14 Size: 2.8 M Repo: installed From repo : updates Summary : Apache HTTP Server URL : http://httpd.apache.org/ License : ASL 2.0 Description : The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible : web server. Does this mean that HTTP Server is already installed on my system and if it is How do I start it and Access it as local host Varuna You can start the service - 'service httpd start' You'll need to edit the config file. Check it's running with firefox or whatever browser you choose at 'http://localhost' you should see a test page with some information on it. -J -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing?
Joshua I started the service But I had to log on as root.The problem I have now is How to Do web development.The Test page is displayed when accessed through localhost.In the left part of the Test page the below is displayed If you are the website administrator: You may now add content to the directory /var/www/html/. Note that until you do so, people visiting your website will see this page, and not your content. To prevent this page from ever being used, follow the instructions in the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf. You are free to use the images below on Apache and Fedora powered HTTP servers. Thanks for using Apache and Fedora! My problems are 1 How to Do web Development, I am not able to(not allowed) save any .html or any other file in the directory /var/www/html Do I have to logged in as root to Do web Development? 2 Am I safe from outside intrusion when running the Web Server bound to port 80 On 13 April 2011 10:00, Joshua Andrews woodguy552...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com To: Richard Shaw hobbes1...@gmail.com Cc: Community support for Fedora users users@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 8:08:53 PM Subject: How to install Apache web server in Fedora 14? Can yum be used for installing? When I give the command yum info httpd The Output is: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_GB to language list Installed Packages Name : httpd Arch : i686 Version : 2.2.17 Release : 1.fc14 Size : 2.8 M Repo : installed From repo : updates Summary : Apache HTTP Server URL : http://httpd.apache.org/ License : ASL 2.0 Description : The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible : web server. Does this mean that HTTP Server is already installed on my system and if it is How do I start it and Access it as local host Varuna You can start the service - 'service httpd start' You'll need to edit the config file. Check it's running with firefox or whatever browser you choose at 'http://localhost' you should see a test page with some information on it. -J -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
