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Change XAMPP's htdocs web root folder to another one

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I'm trying to change the XAMPP's web root default directory /opt/lampp/htdocs to another one like /home/me/Dropbox/public_html without success.

I've edited the file /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

# old line: DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs"

DocumentRoot "/home/me/Dropbox/public_html"



#...etc...



# old line: <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs">

<Directory "/home/me/Dropbox/Work/public_html">

#

# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",

# or any combination of:

#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews

# etc...

I've did this as said in this article: Using Ubuntu One to synchronise htdocs?

Then I've restarted Apache and I've got a permission error 403 on every page I've called with the web browser.

So I've changed folder and files permission to 755.

I've did this as said in this article:

What file permissions should I set on web root?

The problem still remains the same, I have the 403 error on every page I try to reach with the web browser.

I have the same problem on a Mac using XAMPP.

So everythig works fine if the folder remains the original /opt/lampp/htdocs.

How can I change it correctly?

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answered 2 Years ago needstar · Accepted Answer

Open /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
change nobody and nogroup

<IfModule unixd_module>

#

# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run

# httpd as root initially and it will switch.  

#

# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.

# It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for

# running httpd, as with most system services.

#

User nobody

Group nogroup

</IfModule>

to your username and your group