[X4U] Any way to change port for local web server?

[Daly Jessup]

At 7:16 PM -0500 5/13/06, Michael Elliott wrote:
>Strange...
>
>I do have a router, but when I select the Port Forwarding option, I 
>can only specify ports to be forwarded to my server...no way that I 
>can see to specify an incoming port (say 9999) to map to a local 
>port (80) on a given IP address on my network.
>
>And regarding editing the httpd.conf file:  I only know to use 
>textedit to modify the file, but it makes a .txt file, whos 
>atributes don't change even though I change the extension to .conf. 
>If I place this file back into /etc/httpd/  then the Web Sharing 
>won't launch correctly.  Replacing this file with the original 
>backup (with its blank, generic icon) allows the Apache server to 
>fire up without any problem.

Do you have Plist Edit Pro? You can get it at 
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22659> and it will 
let you edit preference lists in a way that won't make them 
non-functional!

Daly
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