Start wampserver whenever system starts
Posted by khumlo Freddie in apache, OS on 27. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
Every time I turn on my system and logged into it, I had to follow the tradition of finding my wampmanager.exe file and run it so that I can fire http://localhost on internet browsers. But now I am following new norm, thanks to scheduler. However, how to start wampserver each time while booting the computer [...]
How to prevent directory listing using .htaccess
Posted by khumlo Freddie in apache on 26. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
Most cases you find websites with images folder somewhere at the root folder. So, when a user type www.example.com/images they end up with the lists of images under your images folder. Similarly, your server scripts are also exposed easily to everyone. It’s not cool to show off because malicious users can easily harm your application [...]
Deny access to certain file extensions
Posted by khumlo Freddie in apache on 19. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
It is good practice to keep all configuration files outside DocumentRoot. This disallows users to view a file that resides outside of DocumentRoot path. Other files can retrieve these files using include() on any PHP files. However, you can still deny access file extensions by configuring on httpd.conf file. Suppose you don’t want anybody to [...]
Unable to save hosts file
Posted by khumlo Freddie in apache, web on 07. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
If your PC works on windows 7 or vista OS, probably you may have swim over this warning which hinders you to save hosts file. Whether the file is not write protected or you have have the administrator rights, still you can’t manage to edit and save the hosts file. This is normal and it [...]
How virtual host works
Posted by khumlo Freddie in apache, web on 27. May, 2011 | 1 Comment
What is virtual host? Why do we used it? These are some of the questions which troubled me in my initial days of web development. I hope this article will help those new comers from this term – virtual host in Apache. Every website are hosted somewhere on a server and that server has a [...]
127.0.0.1
Posted by khumlo Freddie in apache, OS, web on 11. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
What is 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 is the most used IP address for loopback network connection. The range of IP address 127.0.0.1 – 127.255.255.255 are booked for private testing for network software and utilities. That means we can use any of these IP addresses but 127.0.0.1 is the conventional one or mostly used. Loopback IP address such [...]
Wamp conflict with skype
Posted by khumlo Freddie in apache on 07. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
Few days back my friend came up with a problem while having tea that his wamp server is not working. He continued- “It was working fine before but for the last three days I am not able to run localhost. It started with the installation of anti-virus software package in my system so I though [...]
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