On 5/31/2012 3:56 AM, Craig Rosenblum cried from the depths of the abyss: > > Now All i want is to setup http://localhost:8082 or any other unused > port number to point to a new folder i have. > > I have 3 partitions on my main hard drive, and in one of those > partitions is a www folder, where i plan to keep all centralized > websites that i ever worked on, or plan to work on. I was thinking about this, and I think you are over complicating things. Forget about Virtual Hosts. If all you are trying to do is have a repository of different sites that you can look at locally try this: Start over - Remove apache (and I mean remove it - all traces). Reinstall Apache. You are forbidden from using webmin this time! manually edit httpd.conf (or apache2.conf - or whatever they are calling it). Change this: Listen 80 to Listen 8082 (or whatever port you want) Take note of the stock install Document root location ie: /srv/httpd/htdocs or /var/www/html or whatever This is going to be you homebase. Also, make sure the Doc root has Options Indexes. Fire-Up Apache. Make sure it is working on port 8082 (or whatever you picked) Feel free to put your sites in directories in your /home or where ever. This doesn't matter. Then just create symlink from your sites into your apaches doc root. ie: your site is in /home/craig/ebay create a link like (ln -s /path/to/src /pat/to/destination) ln -s /home/craig/ebay /var/www/htdocs/ebay This is easiest. Then when you goto localhost:8082 you will see directories for each site. Click the siteyou want & whalah. This is what I would do in your situation. Good Luck! Mr. B-o-B > > I even install webmin, but I am more than a bit rusty on virtualhost setup. > > I really prefer not to have to add folders to /var/www because I want to > keep my linux partition small. > > I am planning to work on a new way of doing my web-based media center > app, since I can't play local videos via file:/// > > Sorry for the long rant... > > Any tips to just get localhost working to point to a folder on one of my > partitions? > > Do i need to setup any special permissions for that www folder so that > it can be accessed? > > Thanks. > > Craig > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list