Problem with Web Sharing and Web Sharing Name

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Problem with Web Sharing and Web Sharing Name

I am having difficulty getting web sharing to work...

In the System Preferences Web Sharing tab it says web sharing is on, but says my computer's website is "http://iPod-3.home/"

1. If I click on this link I get an "Unable to connect" web page. Any ideas how to get this working?
2. It seems a very strange name for my computer which is a MacBook Pro. Is there anywhere I can change this to a more sensible name?

Hope someone can help!

Bill

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Jul 11, 2009 10:22 AM

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Answer 1

vardas Author

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Jul 13, 2009 8:34 AM in response to xnav

Yes I do have that folder.

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xnav

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Jul 13, 2009 8:42 AM in response to vardas

Does it look like this?


Path:~$ls -l /private/var/log/apache2/
total 856
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Jul 12 05:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 56 root wheel 1904 Jul 12 09:29 ../
-rw------- 1 root wheel 0 Jun 2 2008 accept.lock.80
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 79639 Jul 12 05:02 access_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 356192 Jul 12 05:04 error_log

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vardas Author

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Jul 13, 2009 8:50 AM in response to xnav

Mine looks like this...

-rw------- 1 root wheel 0 13 Jul 08:15 accept.lock.44971
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 238 13 Jul 08:15 access_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1086 13 Jul 08:15 error_log

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xnav

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Jul 13, 2009 8:55 AM in response to vardas

OK, but what are the permissions on the folder, run the command the same as I did.

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vardas Author

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Jul 13, 2009 9:04 AM in response to xnav

I must be doing something wrong but when i enter:

~$ls -l /private/var/log/apache2/

into Terminal I get:

Command not found

I have tried missing off the first one or two characters and still get command not found.

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xnav

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Jul 13, 2009 9:06 AM in response to vardas

Just enter 'ls -l /private/var/log/apache2/' the ~$ is part of my prompt.

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vardas Author

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Jul 13, 2009 9:11 AM in response to xnav

Sorry for being so technically dense on this. That was what I originally entered. The output I get is exactly:

total 16
-rw------- 1 root wheel 0 13 Jul 08:15 accept.lock.44971
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 238 13 Jul 08:15 access_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1086 13 Jul 08:15 error_log

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xnav

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Jul 13, 2009 9:16 AM in response to vardas

Sorry, forgot I had an alias on ls, try 'ls -al /private/var/log/apache2/'.

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vardas Author

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Jul 13, 2009 10:09 AM in response to xnav

Ok, what I get now is:

drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 13 Jul 08:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 37 root wheel 1258 13 Jul 08:11 ..
-rw------- 1 root wheel 0 13 Jul 08:15 accept.lock.44971
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 238 13 Jul 08:15 access_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1086 13 Jul 08:15 error_log

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xnav

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Jul 13, 2009 10:57 AM in response to vardas

Well, that looks OK. It's interesting that the two log files are dated today. What's in them (just open with TextEdit)? Also, with Web sharing OFF, what do you get from this command?

ps -ef|grep httpd

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Jul 13, 2009 11:19 AM in response to xnav

With web sharing off I get:

501 18703 1 0 0:06.19 ?? 0:08.16 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18704 18703 0 0:00.00 ?? 0:00.00 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18705 18703 0 0:00.03 ?? 0:00.11 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18706 18703 0 0:00.04 ?? 0:00.18 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18708 18703 0 0:00.03 ?? 0:00.12 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18709 18703 0 0:00.10 ?? 0:00.54 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18723 18703 0 0:00.14 ?? 0:00.78 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18728 18703 0 0:00.04 ?? 0:00.17 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18888 18703 0 0:00.05 ?? 0:00.24 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18889 18703 0 0:00.08 ?? 0:00.45 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 18890 18703 0 0:00.05 ?? 0:00.27 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 19026 18703 0 0:00.00 ?? 0:00.00 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/httpd -k start
501 90787 80430 0 0:00.01 ttys000 0:00.01 grep httpd

The access.log file looks like this:

192.168.1.78 - - [13/Jul/2009:08:15:31 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1456
192.168.1.78 - - [13/Jul/2009:08:15:35 +0100] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.1" 404 211
192.168.1.78 - - [13/Jul/2009:08:15:38 +0100] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 209

The error.log file looks like this:

[Mon Jul 13 08:11:59 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Mon Jul 13 08:11:59 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Mon Jul 13 08:11:59 2009] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Jul 13 08:11:59 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 13 08:15:11 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Jul 13 08:15:13 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Mon Jul 13 08:15:13 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Mon Jul 13 08:15:13 2009] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Jul 13 08:15:13 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.7l DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 13 08:15:35 2009] [error] [client 192.168.1.78] File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/apache_pb.gif, referer: http://billmacbookpro.home/
[Mon Jul 13 08:15:38 2009] [error] [client 192.168.1.78] File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/favicon.ico
[Mon Jul 13 19:16:48 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down

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Answer 12

xnav

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Jul 13, 2009 11:34 AM in response to vardas

That's your problem! MAMP and the default Apple Web Sharing are mutually exclusive.

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vardas Author

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Jul 13, 2009 11:43 AM in response to xnav

I only installed MAMP after many failed attempts at getting web sharing to work. But, after your recent comment, I have turned MAMP off and ..... web sharing now works!

Your perseverance in helping me with this problem is hugely appreciated. Thanks.

Bill

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xnav

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Jul 13, 2009 11:52 AM in response to vardas

Good, please mark this post as 'Answered'.

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