how to start with my site?

[jrahma]

Hi,

I have just installed debian server and it works great

I would like to know now how to start with my local website?

where to place the php files (website)?

I tried browsing to my IP and got the following:

It works!

This is the default web page for this server.

The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

and I want to replace that with my files.

kindly assist....


Thanks,
Jassim

[dilberts_left_nut]

http://www.debianadmin.com/apache2-inst ... linux.html

[jrahma]

Hi,

I got it but I now have another problem. I am unable to write anything there

I am getting Permission Denied when tryi9ng to copy my files.

[dilberts_left_nut]

You need to be a user that has write permissions to the dir you are trying to put files into.
Probably change ownership or group of the dir to suit.
Note that the www-data user needs read access to be able to display the files - usually not write access, for security.

[jrahma]

How?

I am new to Debian

I have installed a fresh server and during the installation I set the user as mesk. This should be my root, right?

[dilberts_left_nut]

Read this:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 77#p338577

and this:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 89#p338589

[jrahma]

Hi,

It works. Thanks.

Last Question -- hopefully ---

Why I am getting:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /mesk/ on this server.

when trying to browse my files at var/www/mesk folder using http://my_ip/mesk?

[dilberts_left_nut]

Probably the www-data user doesn't have read permissions to the dir, or the vhost definition is denying access based on your connecting IP - the logfile (in /var/log/apache2/) should make clear which (probably the first).

[jrahma]

Hi,

I found this:

usermod -a -G www-data (your username)
chgrp www-data /home/myuser/folderA
chmod g+rwxs /home/myuser/folderA

but is this for root or mesk?

because the file is var/www/mesk (mesk is a folder not user)

[koanhead]

usermod -a -G www-data (your username)
chgrp www-data /home/myuser/folderA
chmod g+rwxs /home/myuser/folderA

but is this for root or mesk?
because the file is var/www/mesk (mesk is a folder not user)

The question doesn't make sense, because "root" is the root user, and as you say, "mesk" is a directory and not a user.

`usermod` adds a user to a group.
`chgrp` changes the group ownership of a file- in your example, it makes /home/myuser/folderA belong to group www-data.
`chmod` changes the permission settings of a file- in your example it makes /home/myuser/folderA readable, writable, and executable by its owning group, and sets the sticky bit.