Why do I keep seeing the "Test page for Apache" page

ILee91 wrote:
> I have set up Apache 2.0.40 on my Red Hat 9 box, and set up my
> hostnames and vhost names. But every time I try to access my site on
> my box, it shows the install test page thing, and not the pages that
> i have put in the directories for the hosts that i have set up. Any
> help would be appreciated.

You probably got the doc root set to the wrong place. Try replacing the
test page, index.html or whatever it is, with your own test.html. If
then you see your new test.html, you know your doc root is most likely
the trouble.

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I have set up Apache 2.0.40 on my Red Hat 9 box, and set up my
hostnames and vhost names. But every time I try to access my site on
my box, it shows the install test page thing, and not the pages that
i have put in the directories for the hosts that i have set up. Any
help would be appreciated.

In article <545a6c65.0310171745.40931afe@posting.google.com >, one of infinite monkeys
at the keyboard of ianlee91@hotmail.com (ILee91) wrote:
> I have set up Apache 2.0.40

which is a very bad idea. The API has only been stable since 2.0.41,
so with 2.0.40 you can't even (reliably) add modules beyond those
bundled with it. Upgrade to something from this year, or at least
not too far off it.

> hostnames and vhost names. But every time I try to access my site on
> my box, it shows the install test page thing,

That's nice for you. That page is particularly useful, because it
features a link to all the documentation you need to set it up. Even
with a museum-piece like 2.0.40.

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On 17 Oct 2003 18:45:03 -0700, ianlee91@hotmail.com (ILee91) wrote:

>I have set up Apache 2.0.40 on my Red Hat 9 box, and set up my
>hostnames and vhost names. But every time I try to access my site on
>my box, it shows the install test page thing, and not the pages that
>i have put in the directories for the hosts that i have set up. Any
>help would be appreciated.

Probably document root is set wrong, but before you even start working
on that, upgrade your apache! There have been a number of fixes.
notwithstanding that redhat says 2.0.40 is 'up2date', it's ancient and
has problems.

Mike-

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What I did was simply edit index.html with my own stuff, then of
course the page was served properly. In my case document root in
httpd.conf is as follows:

DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/dcc"

and I placed my index.html in the dcc folder. Works great!

Hope that helps.

Michael W. Cocke <cocke@catherders.com> wrote in message news:<qbr4pvciqic76vab0fl9tg0qj4vfts6a0v@4ax.com>. ..
> On 17 Oct 2003 18:45:03 -0700, ianlee91@hotmail.com (ILee91) wrote:
>
> >I have set up Apache 2.0.40 on my Red Hat 9 box, and set up my
> >hostnames and vhost names. But every time I try to access my site on
> >my box, it shows the install test page thing, and not the pages that
> >i have put in the directories for the hosts that i have set up. Any
> >help would be appreciated.
>
> Probably document root is set wrong, but before you even start working
> on that, upgrade your apache! There have been a number of fixes.
> notwithstanding that redhat says 2.0.40 is 'up2date', it's ancient and
> has problems.
>
> Mike-
>
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