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Do all files that may be processed by XAMPP Lite have to live under S:\xampplite\htdocs\xampp\?
Or, is it possible to construct a URL that refers to files anywhere on the PC?

Howard Kaikow wrote:Do all files that may be processed by XAMPP Lite have to live under S:\xampplite\htdocs\xampp\?
Or, is it possible to construct a URL that refers to files anywhere on the PC?

Accessible files in the Lite version (and the full version) live under the DocumentRoot as defined in the httpd.conf file - by default C:\xampplite\htdocs\ - URI http://localhost/

Any files outside the DocumentRoot are restricted by this entry in the apache\conf\httpd.conf file:

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# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features. 
#
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

Advisable, for obvious security reasons, to leave this as is.

To configure your files and folders outside the DocumentRoot look at the Alias or <VirtualHost> directives - some Alias examples are already configured in the apache\conf\\extras\httpd-xampp.conf file and there are some examples of <VirtualHost> in the apache\conf\\extras\httpd-vhosts.conf file, with even more examples from an advanced forum search.

Some Apache reading here:
Directives - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/directives.html
Alias - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mo ... html#alias
<VirtualHosts> - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/

Thanx.

I had been hoping to do the following:

1. Using XAMPP LIte in Windows, define a share, say, MyStuff, then access the share as

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http://localhost/MyShare

2. On a multiboot system, with Windows and Ubuntu Linux, I had hoped to be able to use a link within *ix to use the same files I was using in Windows.

Are those doable?

>1. Using XAMPP LIte in Windows, define a share

What is a "share"? We speak about Apache, not about Windows. You may define an Alias, which points to a certain folder of your choice.

>2. On a multiboot system, with Windows and Ubuntu Linux, I had hoped to be able to use a link within *ix to use the same files I was using in Windows.

A link is not sufficient, more important is a "mount", you have to mount the windows file system (NTFS?) into the Linux file system. You don't need a link for that, you may point an Alias directly to that mounted device.

Nobbie wrote:>1. Using XAMPP LIte in Windows, define a share

What is a "share"? We speak about Apache, not about Windows. You may define an Alias, which points to a certain folder of your choice.

>2. On a multiboot system, with Windows and Ubuntu Linux, I had hoped to be able to use a link within *ix to use the same files I was using in Windows.

A link is not sufficient, more important is a "mount", you have to mount the windows file system (NTFS?) into the Linux file system. You don't need a link for that, you may point an Alias directly to that mounted device.

All drives are mounted by Ubuntu.
So, I'd have to use an Alias in both OS.
Thanx.