enabling access to apache (wamp)

[manuleka]

how do i edit these lines on httpd so i can view my wamp server on my local clients? (other computers in my house)

<Directory "D:/wamp/www">
......
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1

</Directory>

[kryyst]

order allow, deny
Allow from 127.0.0.1, 192 (or whatever your local ip's are)
Deny from all

that should do it.

[manuleka]

after doing the above changes... my server doesn't load properly.. i get the yellow from the wamp icon... am i missing something?

just realise there's another directory section on httpd.conf


<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Satisfy all
</Directory>


is the above one the one i'm suppose to alter and not the below ones?


<Directory "D:/wamp/www">

....
Order Deny, Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1

</Directory>

[Thrax]

Only the &lt;directory /&gt; section with "Options" and "FollowSymLinks"

[manuleka]

this one

< Directory "D:/wamp/www" >
..... blah blah ....
Order Deny,Deny
Deny from All
Allow from All
< /Directory >

to

< Directory "D:/wamp/www" >
..... blah blah ....
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
Deny from None
< /Directory >

[drasnor]

That's pretty insecure. I hope you have a firewall between your LAN and your WAN.

-drasnor :fold:

[kryyst]

That's not really unsecure. It's just saying that any system can see any apache served websites. It's not creating rules for every possible port on the machine.

[manuleka]

yeah whats so insecure about apache serving only my www folder?

[Thrax]

Allow from All
Deny from None

=

Allow connections from ANYONE.
Deny connections from NOBODY.

[manuleka]

=

Allow connections from ANYONE.
Deny connections from NOBODY.

you guys do realise this deny nobody is only for my www folder on my apache2 server....

and it is running locally which i use for testing purposes only... and this machine isn't connected to the internet 24/7

[Thrax]

The WWW folder is the primary folder served to the outside world. Your WAMP server is wide open to outside connections.

[manuleka]

ok thanks Thrax... i think its safe enough at the moment...