When we completed install Apache or LAMPP, we can't directly use the default folder in /var/www because restricted by linux security. How to change the default folder?? it's easy. .just type this in the terminal
change both of /var/www to your desired folder
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/defaultchange both of /var/www to your desired folder
red words showed my desired folder to save website
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /home/lians/website
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /home/lians/website/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and quit then restart your apache using this
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Save and quit then restart your apache using this
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
