changing the document root

This page shows an example of changing the document root to a different location, and permitting access by machines within the same subnet.

1. create the new document root directories at /htdocs/public_html, and make sure they have read permission by everyone or set the owner to www
2. edit <apache dir>/conf/httpd.conf
3. change the DocumentRoot

   #DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache2/htdocs"
   DocumentRoot "/htdocs/public_html"

4. change the directory configuration

   #<Directory />
   #    Options FollowSymLinks
   #    AllowOverride None
   #    Order deny,allow
   #    Deny from all
   #</Directory>
   
   <Directory />
       Order deny,allow
       Deny from all
       Allow from 192.168.3.0/24
       Allow from localhost
   
       AllowOverride All
       Options MultiViews Indexes FollowSymLinks IncludesNoExec
   </Directory>