On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Mike Hagerty <hager...@bc.edu> wrote:
> Hello. > Forgive me if this has been handled in the Archives. I've tried searching > different key words but I haven't > found anything. > > I have an apache server running on port 8000. > This necessitates typing http://www.myaddress.com:8000 to get to my home > page. > > I would like to be able to drop the ":8000" in the url and still have it > work. > > The relevant parameters in /etc/apache/httpd.config seem to be: > Port 8000 - I set this to get around my company's firewall > #Listen - This is commented out, but from the apache docs, I think this > would just tell the server to listen on port 8000 (or the default 80) but > that the > port no. would still need to be specified in the url request > (?) > #NameVirtualHost *:80 - From the docs I can see how this can be used so > that a single apache server can handle web requests to different ip:ports > differently, > but I don't see how it could be used > for my purpose. > > I guess I'm asking if there is any way to configure the server so that > http:/www.myaddress.com is assumed to be on port 8000 rather than 80 ? > > Thanks! > > -Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > First of all, why do you want to use port 8000 ? Your ISP is blocking port 80 ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com