On Jun 18, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Chris Davies wrote: > I think what I did when trying this out the other day was this: > cd /var/www && sudo ln -s /usr/share/wordpress
I did that part by copying to a file called wp.conf in /etc/apache2/conf.d from /usr/share/doc/wordpress/examples/apache.conf. The edited version contains: > Alias /blog /usr/share/wordpress > <Directory /usr/share/wordpress> > Options FollowSymLinks > AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo > DirectoryIndex index.php > </Directory> And I made a directory called 'blog' in /var/www. That makes Apache think the stuff in /usr/share/wordpress is in /var/www/blog. According to my Apache2 book, this is better than a soft link (don't remember why). Then the problem became that setup-mysql hurled because it couldn't ping interface.slsware.com, the server WP is on. All it could get to was the 1918 DMZ net IP -- like it's supposed to. A secondary IP on eth0 fixed that, and it seems to be running now. WordPress is *not* trivial to set up, as it advertises. Not from the Debian package and trying for some security, anyway. I had to do a lot that I never needed before, some of which I've been told never to do on the Internet. I'm glad I have a dedicated server for it, so I'll have a better chance at keeping the badGuys away from it. There are always a million things to get right before something works. But with this, there was very little, except a blank screen, to give me a hint of what was still bent. I don't understand Debian's thinking on this. It's nice that they put the config files in /etc, and the README was helpful. But when apt's finished installing, it doesn't work. It's a long way from working. I don't ever remember seeing that before in a .deb package. -- Glenn English hand-wrapped from my Apple Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e63bb77e-a3b5-4235-b8fd-1fc24fea2...@slsware.com
