Why is Mac OS X Lion Apache DocumentRoot /usr/htdocs?

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00:00 Why Is Mac Os X Lion Apache Documentroot /Usr/Htdocs?
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

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When "Web Sharing" is NOT enabled it takes /usr/htdocs as the root. When you enable "Web Sharing" it will take the config file at /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. The directory will be the one specified near the following section on the file.

<IfDefine WEBSHARING_ON>
#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

Also you con use your "Sites" directory at /Users/USERNAME/Sites accessing with localhost/~USERNAME.

ANSWER 2

Score 0

Enable your Web Sharing first, Go to the system preferences -> Sharing then enable web sharing. I wrote a post on it.

ANSWER 3

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This Q helped me solve identical problem on SnowLeopard today. Beware: it was the httpd.conf in /private/etc/apache2 not in /etc/apache2 (which also exists) that got read and pointed to /Library/WebServer/Documents in my case.

I hope this helps (others too).