Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

Figure 22-3. The Networking pane of System Preferences
TIP Which network interface is the appropriate one? Chances are, you only have one active
interface, which will have a green light next to it. If you have multiple active network interfaces,
pick one that’s connected to the network you are trying to access the machine from.
Depending on your network, you may or may not be able to access your machine from elsewhere
on the Internet. How can you find out? Your first clue is your IP address. If it starts with
10, 169, or 192, it’s most likely a local address assigned by a connection sharing protocol such as
DHCP.
If it’s something else, it might be reachable. Your best bet is to phone a friend and see if they
can access your site by IP address.
Customizing Your Site
CHAPTER 22 LEOPARD AS A WEB SERVER 385
As nice as the default personal home page is in Leopard, you’ll probably want to add your own
content. Using your favorite web design tool, publish your content to your local Sites directory.
The next time you visit your local address, your new site should be there, as shown in Figure 22-4.
If you get a 403 Forbidden message, chances are you do not have permissions on Sites or its
contents. In general, folders serving web sites need to be readable and executable by everyone,
while web documents and files should be readable by everyone.
Set the appropriate permissions on your Sites folder and its content using the Finder or the
command line, and then try loading your page again. If it still doesn’t work, your user site might
not be configured correctly (see the “Configuring Apache” section, which follows).