Editing httpd.conf

[firebox]

so i finally figured out how to access SSH with a key, now i'm about to edit the httpd.conf file to redirect my root document to /home/usr/public_html. my question is where exactly is the httpd.conf file? and if i modify it, would it change back during server upgrades? and if it does, what other files i need to modify here?

 

[Infopro]

If you run the command updatedb first, wait a bit, then run locate httpd.conf you should be able to come up with it at:

/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

Be sure to distill the file afterward with:

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/apache_conf_distiller --update

You should find this helpful:

InsideVHost < EasyApache3 < TWiki

 

[Spiral]

so i finally figured out how to access SSH with a key, now i'm about to edit the httpd.conf file to redirect my root document to /home/usr/public_html. my question is where exactly is the httpd.conf file? and if i modify it, would it change back during server upgrades? and if it does, what other files i need to modify here?

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT EDIT YOUR HTTPD.CONF FILE !!!!!!

I read your other post and I know what you think you are doing but you apparently misunderstand what a user told you in the other thread or how your server works entirely plus it is very clear you are not even close to experienced enough to be doing anything in that file so stay far away from it before you really mess yourself up!

You do NOT need to edit httpd.conf !!!!!

That instruction was if you wanted "REMOVE the default page" which was the title of your other thread but you were actually really asking about how to get your web site up and running and that is something entirely different.

Don't touch the default page. Instead you need to login to WHM and create a new web hosting account using the domain name you own. You will then have a new login setup that you can use to manage your web site. The default page is never touched and you don't do anything with it!

Read my post in your other thread for more details!

 

[Infopro]

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT EDIT YOUR HTTPD.CONF FILE !!!!!!

I should have added something like this to my post above. Without it my post makes little sense.

This thread, and this other one http://forums.cpanel.net/f34/how-get-rid-apache-default-page-129001.html are pretty much the same thread.

 

[Spiral]

Yeah, it looks like the poster actually isn't sure how to begin using their server and thinks they need to replace the default files to get their web site online so blindly asked "how to remove the default page" in these two threads.

I guess it boils down to "make sure you ask the RIGHT questions"!

Oh well at least we got it figured out now and hopefully the user will see the follow up posts and can sort things out from that.