Re: httpd setup info?

On Mon, 2018-07-02 at 06:27 -0500, edgar@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2018 5:58 AM, John Long <codeblue@inbox.lv> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I read the man pages for httpd and httpd.conf but I remain
> > clueless.
> >
> > I would like to serve static content (directory listings and
> > contents).
> > Must I use a chroot for httpd? If so, how do I set it up?
> >
> > I have my content in /var/content/webserver/.. I would like httpd
> > to
> > automatically index the contents.
> >
> > Trying to massage the example/httpd.conf didn't work. I get a 403
> > when
> > I try to access my website.
> >
> > # $OpenBSD: httpd.conf,v 1.18 2018/03/23 11:36:41 florian Exp $
> >
>
> Try:
> chroot "/var/content"
> server "example.com" {
> listen on * port 80
> listen on :: port 80
> root "/webserver/htdocs"
> directory auto index
> }

Thank you. What has to be in the chroot besides the content I want to
serve?

>
> I think the listen directive changed recently, so if it fails look
> into that as the cause.

Thanks, ok.

/jl