XAMPP pointing a file outside root folder

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I am using XAMPP for first time in Mac. Running out problems accessing other than root folder(htdocs).when I am placing my web application inside htdocs with default httpd.conf file it works when I try to point my web application url in httpd.conf it throws error

I am aware that to modify the root folder I need to do changes to my XAMPP/etc/httpd.conf file

With Default XAMPP MAC Settings, I am trying to change Server root,Document root and Directory in XAMPP/etc/httpd.conf file the following

ServerRoot "/Users/ravi/Documents/Development/Backbone/backboneboilerplate"

DocumentRoot "/Users/ravi/Documents/Development/Backbone/backboneboilerplate"

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/Users/ravi/Documents/Development/Backbone/backboneboilerplate">

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

</Directory>

its throwing error when trying to start XAMPP

httpd: Syntax error on line 54 of /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf: Cannot load /Users/ravi/Documents/Development/Backbone/backboneboilerplate/modules/mod_authn_file.so into server: cannot create object file image or add library

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '12 at 20:27

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ServerRoot "/Users/ravi/Documents/Development/Backbone/backboneboilerplate"

Shouldn't be changed - this should point to the Apache install folder; as per: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#serverroot

The ServerRoot directive sets the directory in which the server lives. Typically it will contain the subdirectories conf/ and logs/. Relative paths in other configuration directives (such as Include or LoadModule, for example) are taken as relative to this directory.

answered Nov 16 '12 at 20:27

thinice

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I tried pointing the XAMPP root folder to Server root but it gives me the forbidden error. Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. – Ravi Nov 16 '12 at 21:25
That's probably still incorrect, I don't know where XAMPP is installed on your system, but I'd try pointing it to the directory where the httpd.conf file is. – thinice Nov 17 '12 at 01:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 17 '12 at 20:24

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It was a chmod problem. I tried chmod -r 777 on the Development folder, backbone folder and Backboneboilerplate.. It worked.

edited Nov 17 '12 at 20:24

HopelessN00b

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answered Nov 17 '12 at 19:55

Ravi

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XAMPP pointing a file outside root folder

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