Apache didn't start because we didn't have a server name so we went into /etc/apache/httpd.conf. We uncommented the ServerName and added our static IP address (if you haven't set up your host name yet). You can set up your local hostname by editing /etc/hostname.

We changed /etc/hosts by adding

203.xx.xx.xx squelchy squelchy.wilderness.org.au

This is a local DNS which maps hostnames to IP addresses just for the local machine.

There is an Alias in Apache where /doc points to /usr/share/doc then we allowed access from our local LAN so we could view package documentsation through our browser. This was in:

/etc/apache/httpd.conf

Then we restarted Apache

/etc/init.d/apache restart

[ We had some trouble accessing our documentation files through a browser within the LAN because Apache permissions denied us access because we were browsing from across the network. Initially Apache is configured to only allow access to /doc/ from the local machine ie 127.0.0.1]

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Checking set up of MySQL

These installed really well from apt. First thing is to change the root password for mysql. Type:

mysqladmin -u root password [password]

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How to create new users

We installed phpmyadmin and this pops up when you call http://ourIPaddress/phpmyadmin over a browser. This is pretty self explanatory. After adding a new non system user, you have to flush privileges.

mysqladmin -u root -p flush-privileges

The other way, for users on the local system, is to log in as mysql root and do a grant command from within mysql. http://www.cat.org.au/cgi-bin/fom?file=34

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Running PHP3 files

To run php3 files with php4, you have to go into /etc/apache/httpd.conf and add .php3 to the end of the line

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3