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

[Philip J Robar]

On May 13, 2006, at 6:45 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> Phil wrote:
>
>> How are you getting to /etc/httpd/httpd.conf in the first place? I  
>> assume it must be via the command line since the Finder can't see  
>> anything in /private or the links into it. If you're knowledgeable  
>> enough to use cp and sudo from the command line then you should be  
>> able figure out how to use the pico editor to just edit the file  
>> in place. (After backing it up of course.)
>>
>> By the way, I was able to edit the file with textedit after  
>> copying it to my home directory. No extension, type, or creator  
>> was added or changed by my doing so. You would have to change the  
>> owner and group back to the expected values after cp'ing it back  
>> to where it belongs.
>
> I don't know about Finder, but if you use the "Go" menu and type "/ 
> etc/httpd/" then you see httpd.conf and can drag it onto TextEdit  
> and edit it. Is that Finder? or something else?

Yes, it's the finder. I had forgotten that you can do that, as I  
always use the command line for stuff like this. His partial  
description left me confused as to what he did to change the file and  
how to help him get it right.

Phil