personal web share resovled: Mac10.4.8 apache2

bebeowulf2006

First rename /usr/sbin/apachectl to /usr/sbin/apachectl.org. This will act as a backup to the original file. Next create a symbolic link to the new apachectl file. I did this with this command: ln -s /apps/new/apache/bin/apachectl apachectl. Check the configuration; you should get something like this (shown on two rows to make it narrower):

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel 30 17 Dec 12:26
  apachectl -> /web-apps/apache/bin/apachectl

Now you can use the Services tab in the Sharing panel to start the new web server, but you are not done yet. You need to configure your new Apache install to use the same PID as the standard Apache install. In the httpd.conf file for the new install, edit/create this entry:

PidFile /private/var/run/httpd.pid

Now you can also use the Services tab to stop the web server. Finally, configure your httpd.conf file to point to the local user directories:

<Directory "/Users/*/Sites/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>