Best practice with symlinks, localhost wiki
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What I think I want to do is to use a symlink so that I can diddle the innards of a Dokuwiki website I have hosted on localhost:
- The website is installed and seems to be working well on /var/www/html/mysite.org/
- I want to access its files directly (not through a browser) from /home/me/mysite/. I want to avoid the risks of using a file manager with root privileges.
- I think I can do this with a symlink like ln -s /var/www/html/mysite.org/ /home/me/mysite
Is that right? More importantly, is that the best way to do what I'm trying to do?
While I have about a decade of experience with Ubuntus as desktop machines, I am a total noobie with LAMP and using localhost. Since I have lost a couple of weeks in just getting my head around the basics of using Apache and localhost, I'm asking this question in the hope of getting a quick answer and possibly avoiding Yet Another Learning Experience: YALE. (Yeah, becoming proficient in all aspects of LAMP would be great, but right now I just need to get on with a project and don't have the time to study things that are peripheral to the primary goal.)
apache-httpd symlink webserver
asked Apr 2 at 16:46
Will Steward
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What I think I want to do is to use a symlink so that I can diddle the innards of a Dokuwiki website I have hosted on localhost:
- The website is installed and seems to be working well on /var/www/html/mysite.org/
- I want to access its files directly (not through a browser) from /home/me/mysite/. I want to avoid the risks of using a file manager with root privileges.
- I think I can do this with a symlink like ln -s /var/www/html/mysite.org/ /home/me/mysite
Is that right? More importantly, is that the best way to do what I'm trying to do?
While I have about a decade of experience with Ubuntus as desktop machines, I am a total noobie with LAMP and using localhost. Since I have lost a couple of weeks in just getting my head around the basics of using Apache and localhost, I'm asking this question in the hope of getting a quick answer and possibly avoiding Yet Another Learning Experience: YALE. (Yeah, becoming proficient in all aspects of LAMP would be great, but right now I just need to get on with a project and don't have the time to study things that are peripheral to the primary goal.)
apache-httpd symlink webserver
asked Apr 2 at 16:46
Will Steward
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hey will why don't you use rsync to clone your local work from your home directory to the right directory under /var ? and perhaps git to track your changes? just an idea.
– D'Arcy Nader
Apr 2 at 17:30
That would be one way to do it. However I believe that would introduce the problems of maintaining two identical but separate passels of files, which ---because I know my limitations--- are bound to get messed up over the years. As I understand it, a symlink would provide two separate access points to the same passel of files as both accesses point to the same directory inode. Let's see what other suggestions come forth.
– Will Steward
Apr 2 at 17:49
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What I think I want to do is to use a symlink so that I can diddle the innards of a Dokuwiki website I have hosted on localhost:
- The website is installed and seems to be working well on /var/www/html/mysite.org/
- I want to access its files directly (not through a browser) from /home/me/mysite/. I want to avoid the risks of using a file manager with root privileges.
- I think I can do this with a symlink like ln -s /var/www/html/mysite.org/ /home/me/mysite
Is that right? More importantly, is that the best way to do what I'm trying to do?
While I have about a decade of experience with Ubuntus as desktop machines, I am a total noobie with LAMP and using localhost. Since I have lost a couple of weeks in just getting my head around the basics of using Apache and localhost, I'm asking this question in the hope of getting a quick answer and possibly avoiding Yet Another Learning Experience: YALE. (Yeah, becoming proficient in all aspects of LAMP would be great, but right now I just need to get on with a project and don't have the time to study things that are peripheral to the primary goal.)
apache-httpd symlink webserver
asked Apr 2 at 16:46
Will Steward
1
What I think I want to do is to use a symlink so that I can diddle the innards of a Dokuwiki website I have hosted on localhost:
- The website is installed and seems to be working well on /var/www/html/mysite.org/
- I want to access its files directly (not through a browser) from /home/me/mysite/. I want to avoid the risks of using a file manager with root privileges.
- I think I can do this with a symlink like ln -s /var/www/html/mysite.org/ /home/me/mysite
Is that right? More importantly, is that the best way to do what I'm trying to do?
While I have about a decade of experience with Ubuntus as desktop machines, I am a total noobie with LAMP and using localhost. Since I have lost a couple of weeks in just getting my head around the basics of using Apache and localhost, I'm asking this question in the hope of getting a quick answer and possibly avoiding Yet Another Learning Experience: YALE. (Yeah, becoming proficient in all aspects of LAMP would be great, but right now I just need to get on with a project and don't have the time to study things that are peripheral to the primary goal.)
apache-httpd symlink webserver
asked Apr 2 at 16:46
Will Steward
1
asked Apr 2 at 16:46
Will Steward
1
asked Apr 2 at 16:46
Will Steward
1
asked Apr 2 at 16:46
Will Steward
1
1
hey will why don't you use rsync to clone your local work from your home directory to the right directory under /var ? and perhaps git to track your changes? just an idea.
– D'Arcy Nader
Apr 2 at 17:30
That would be one way to do it. However I believe that would introduce the problems of maintaining two identical but separate passels of files, which ---because I know my limitations--- are bound to get messed up over the years. As I understand it, a symlink would provide two separate access points to the same passel of files as both accesses point to the same directory inode. Let's see what other suggestions come forth.
– Will Steward
Apr 2 at 17:49
add a comment |Â
hey will why don't you use rsync to clone your local work from your home directory to the right directory under /var ? and perhaps git to track your changes? just an idea.
– D'Arcy Nader
Apr 2 at 17:30
That would be one way to do it. However I believe that would introduce the problems of maintaining two identical but separate passels of files, which ---because I know my limitations--- are bound to get messed up over the years. As I understand it, a symlink would provide two separate access points to the same passel of files as both accesses point to the same directory inode. Let's see what other suggestions come forth.
– Will Steward
Apr 2 at 17:49
hey will why don't you use rsync to clone your local work from your home directory to the right directory under /var ? and perhaps git to track your changes? just an idea.
– D'Arcy Nader
Apr 2 at 17:30
hey will why don't you use rsync to clone your local work from your home directory to the right directory under /var ? and perhaps git to track your changes? just an idea.
– D'Arcy Nader
Apr 2 at 17:30
That would be one way to do it. However I believe that would introduce the problems of maintaining two identical but separate passels of files, which ---because I know my limitations--- are bound to get messed up over the years. As I understand it, a symlink would provide two separate access points to the same passel of files as both accesses point to the same directory inode. Let's see what other suggestions come forth.
– Will Steward
Apr 2 at 17:49
That would be one way to do it. However I believe that would introduce the problems of maintaining two identical but separate passels of files, which ---because I know my limitations--- are bound to get messed up over the years. As I understand it, a symlink would provide two separate access points to the same passel of files as both accesses point to the same directory inode. Let's see what other suggestions come forth.
– Will Steward
Apr 2 at 17:49
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hey will why don't you use rsync to clone your local work from your home directory to the right directory under /var ? and perhaps git to track your changes? just an idea.
– D'Arcy Nader
Apr 2 at 17:30
That would be one way to do it. However I believe that would introduce the problems of maintaining two identical but separate passels of files, which ---because I know my limitations--- are bound to get messed up over the years. As I understand it, a symlink would provide two separate access points to the same passel of files as both accesses point to the same directory inode. Let's see what other suggestions come forth.
– Will Steward
Apr 2 at 17:49