Can’t access localhost files

This is my /etc/hosts

hosts

##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1  localhost

255.255.255.255  broadcasthost

::1            localhost 

fe80::1%lo0  localhost

I also have from /etc

(a backup to hosts, which has DriveMap o the last line)

hosts.bak

##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1  localhost

255.255.255.255  broadcasthost

::1            localhost 

fe80::1%lo0  localhost

127.0.0.1 DriveMap

hostconfig

# This file is going away

AFPSERVER=-NO-

AUTHSERVER=-NO-

AUTOMOUNT=-YES-

NFSLOCKS=-AUTOMATIC-

NISDOMAIN=-NO-

TIMESYNC=-YES-

QTSSERVER=-NO-

WEBSERVER=-NO-

SMBSERVER=-NO-

SNMPSERVER=-NO-

MYSQLCOM=-YES-

Also:

hostconfig~orig

# This file is going away

AFPSERVER=-NO-

AUTHSERVER=-NO-

TIMESYNC=-NO-

QTSSERVER=-NO-

And from the Apache2 folder:

localhost.zone

$TTL  86400

$ORIGIN localhost.

@      1D IN SOA  @ root (

          42    ; serial (d. adams)

          3H    ; refresh

          15M    ; retry

          1W    ; expiry

          1D )    ; minimum

1D IN NS  @

      1D IN A    127.0.0.1

What else should I be looking at?

I haven’t used the terminal in quite awhile. Would I just enter the 3 statements you have given above and then view and copy the results?:

traceroute 127.0.0.1

traceroute to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets

 1  localhost (127.0.0.1)  0.361 ms  0.074 ms  0.051 ms

Thanks for your help with this.

I’m trying to connect to /Library/WebServer/Documents/

/index.php

(my local webserver — not my user/sites webpage)

I used to be able to do this by entering:

http://127.0.0.1/index.php

or

http://localhost/index.php

or

http://unknown001f5b3c4e14/index.php

unknown001f5b3c4e14 is my computer name.

“You seem somewhat unfamiliar with running a web server, and with troubleshooting a web server?”

That comment helped me solve this! My Mac isn’t a webserver computer, it’s a client. Your observation steered me to my Sharing folder in my System Preferences Pane. I discovered that the Web Sharing Service was not checked. When I checked it, it solved my /Library/WebServer/Documents access problem. I can now access my computer’s website via my browser.

Thank you so much for sticking with this thread!

Thanks so much for this reading link. I will use it.

PS a big thanks to you all for following and posting input to this thread! I’m sure I will have further questions and really appreciate your responses. 😍

I have tried this without success.

I am going to do the trace route as suggested by BDAqua. I will have to brush up on entering terminal commands first.

Thanks to both MrHoffman and BFAqua for your helpful information. I will enter both statements and provide the results.

Also, this is a Mac OS Client not Server.

PS my user/sites/index.html webpage works just fine. I can access and modify it with no problem.