[PLUG] Ubuntu 10.10 and Apache2 configuration files

[frankhunt]

  On 10/03/2010 09:37 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 09:25:41AM -0700, Linux Guy wrote:
>>    Probably not specifically a 10.10 issue, but perplexing nonetheless:
>> here's the deal . . .
>> for legacy reasons my website DocumentRoot  is /web/httpd/htdocs/  -- no
>> matter what I change in the apache2 configuration files
>> (/etc/apache2/apache2.conf, /etc/apache2/sites-available/default) the
>> server tries to go to /etc/apache2/htdocs.  My question is - where is
>> apache2 getting this incorrect config?  I have scoured my system looking
>> for places that this config info may be hiding but cannot find it.
>> ServerRoot is set to /web/httpd (which contains the log files) but there
>> is nothing in either access_log or error_log so that pointer is not
>> working wither.  I need to get this server stood up soon - anybody got
>> any ideas here?
> If undefined DocumentRoot is set to /usr/local/apache/htdocs is this symlinked to
> /etc/apache2/htdocs on your system?
>
> Then check:
>
>      cd /etc/apache2
>      find . -type f | xargs -n 30 grep DocumentRoot
>
> That will confirm or deny your config assumptions.
>
>
There is no apache directory in /usr/local
The find operation did not locate any DocumentRoot settings I wasn't 
expecting

So . . .


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