how to open the apache configuration file in Mac?

[begeiste]

Dear Sir;
I am PC person, but now I switched to Mac, I don't know how to open the apache configuration file in the UNIX shell prompt, since I don't know where is the file. I am running G4 OSX. Any input is appreciated.

[transistor]

I use the terminal to do that.
Open the terminal and type cd /etc/httpd/
Once there type pico httpd.conf
pico is a text processor.
Hope this helps.

[begeiste]

It helps.Thanks. I typed"sudo pico /etc/httpd/httpd.conf" enter, it didn't prompt for a password. So I cann't move on. Don't know why?

[tstaheli]

You need to "su" then enter the password then pico the file.

[begeiste]

Sorry Sir, I still don't understand what is the " su " meaing?
Should I type " su " after I typed "sudo pico / etc/httpd/httpd.conf or after I hit the enter button in the keyboard?Thanks.

[begeiste]

Dear Sir;
do you know where can I modify the hostname in the Mac by using the terminal Unix Command. Here is the computer asking me to fix the problem of hostname:

[Charlton:/usr/local/mysql] lukicd% sudo ./scripts/mysql_install_db
Neither host 'Charlton.net.abc.com' and 'localhost' could not be looked up with
./bin/resolveip
Please configure the 'hostname' command to return a correct hostname.
If you want to solve this at a later stage, restart this script with
the --force option
[Charlton:/usr/local/mysql] lukicd%

Much appreciated!

[timster]

It sounds like you may be trying to install these apps from an account that does not have administrator privileges.

(When

sudo

failed, did it report something about you not being in the sudoers file? If so, that's what's going on.)

To get Administrator access, you can either log into Mac OS X with an administrator account, or you can boot the Terminal and type:

login administratorname

To make your life easier, you may want to consider using a text editor like jEdit or BBEdit to open your Apache config files.

[begeiste]

Appreciated! I guess I need my correct password first.

[begeiste]

Dear Sir;
I got the password, and terminal directs to this below:

[Charlton:/usr/local/mysql] lukicd% sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe&
[1] 490
[Charlton:/usr/local/mysql] lukicd% A mysqld process already exists
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql test
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.0.18-standard

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql>

Now I want to create a database, not sure those information tell me mysql is running correctly?

Thanks.

[timster]

A mysqld process already exists

That's just telling you tried to start mysql when it was already running. If you get the mysql prompt, mysql is running.