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Article:		Apache Web Serving with Jaguar, Part 4
Subject:		Dumb problem
Date:		2003-05-24 20:11:46
From:		afghanwhiggle
I know that the solution is probably simple, but I'm new to this and I can't figure it out. The problem is, when I try to uncomment the lines in my httpd.conf file, using pico, and either command O, or just exit and try to save the changes (modify buffer) it says 'cannot open file for writing' i am just trying to create a custom error html page. I've tried to modify it with Apache on and off, with no success, what am I doing wrong? Thanks for the help in advance!

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• Dumb problem
  2003-05-28 00:46:01  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  You are not using %sudo pico /etc/http/httpd.conf
  you are opening the file with pico but don't have write privledges there so you have to sudo and provide your administrator password. I've done it to and when it told me can't open to write I realized I wasnt' the admin who can write to the /etc/ directory. that is your problem. too bad it won't tell you when it opens the file so we wouldn't waste time editing something we can't save....
  
  Kevin, Japan.
• Dumb problem
  2003-05-31 13:05:02  afghanwhiggle [View]
  
  
  Thanks a million Kevin! That seems to be the problem!