change web root apache mac OS X

Question

I cant change my web root in apache, for some reason it points to /Sites/folder1/folder2 instead of it pointing to /Sites. I configured and change my apache <Directory "/Users/saad/Sites"> and DocumentRoot /Users/saad/Sites restarted my apachectl and still nothing.

Answer 1

I just meet this problem, too. I need to change the DocumentRoot and point it to my customised directory, which used for saving image files.

Berkay is right, you need edit a bit on your apache httpd.config file, but besides that, you need to do one more change, otherwise the WebSharing won't be able to turn on again.

1. Open your httpd.config by your favorite editor (Probably need to do this if you haven't change the permission access to this file)

   • sudo chmod 666 httpd.conf
   • Open httpd.config, and start editing.
   • sudo chmod 644 httpd.conf, when it's finished, proceed to step 2 (change it back to original permisson access)

2. Find DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents", and change it to DocumentRoot "/Users/leiwang/Sites" or any other folders you want to.

3. One important thing is, you need to give the Read/Write permission to the folder you specified.

   • sudo chmod -R 747 foldername

Hope it helps:)

Answer 2

there is a documentroot property in the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf on osx. so we can easily change the path like this;

DocumentRoot "{YOUR_ROOT_PATH}"