[GRLUG] Strange behavior with /var/www/html/

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

Check the file and directory permissions? Make sure they are world-readable
for files, and would read and execute for directories.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 5:49 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
grlug at grlug.org> wrote:

> I've got a new computer with Ubuntu 20.04.
>
> Some of the files in my /var/www/html directory behave funny. Many open
> fine in response to localhost/file.html or to localhost/ericbeversluis,
> where ericbeversluis is, eg, a WP site on my computer.
>
> But some of the individual files behave strangely. When I try to open them
> I get a 404, "Requested URL was not found on this server."
>
> I can't tell any difference between those that open and those that don't.
> To further confuse me, when I click on the file in the file browser, they
> open nicely in Firefox--as file:///var/www/html/file.html. After that
> happens some then open nicely in response to localhost/file.html.
>
> Many of the file have traveled from an old Fedora box to the webserver on
> a Macbook Pro to this new box. But that history doesn't seem to correlate
> with the different behaviors.
>
> Any insight into what's going on here?
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> Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com Forthcoming: *For Love of a Father*
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