When I was using my MAC to run Apache, I installed the full version of Apache since my MAC had a "light" version of httpd.
I found it confusing as well, until I had the full version of Apache Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! ----- Reply message ----- From: "Matt Guise" <mgu...@mattguise.com> Date: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 11:12 am Subject: [users@httpd] Newbie To: <users@httpd.apache.org> Web Sharing and File Sharing is on and checked. But when I type in the Safari browser " http://localhost/"; I get the message "Safari can't open the page "http://localhost/"; because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the serveris busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again." Which is why they told me to I need to reload Apache. 1. Do you think I should reinstall Apache? 2. If so I downloaded httpd-2.2.17 and it is sitting on my desktop. Where should I put that folder? I keep all of my websites in the site folder. Mathewguise/sites. http://192.168.1.100/~mathewguise/ Thanks for helping me with my extremely novice questions. Matt On 2/24/11 12:57 PM, "Doug McNutt" <dougl...@macnauchtan.com> wrote: > At 11:40 -0600 2/24/11, Matt Guise wrote: >> My ultimate goal is to run the server on my iMac running Mac OS X Version >> 10.6.6. Using Adobe Dreamweaver I want to test PHP pages locally on my >> computer. All mac's come with Apache installed but for some reason mine is >> not running right. I called AppleCare and they said that I need to reinstall >> Apache. >> >> When I type in the Safari browser " http://localhost/"; I get the message " >> Safari can't open the page "http://localhost/"; because the server >> unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server >> is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again." >> > > I'm surprised, but AppleCare might have missed the obvious: You will need to > turn on the general features of file sharing in OS X. System preferences is > the application and Network or Sharing are the GUI style questions. They are > obvious to a casual user but frustratingly complex when viewed by a UNIX user. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
