edited documentRoot (httpd.conf) but it does not redirect

[-Anti-]

Firstly, please do not edit anything in any of my accounts; this is just a question.

I'm running drupal in a subdomain: site.mydomain.com

Up until now I've been using htaccess rewrites, so that when someone puts mydomain.com in their browser bar, htaccess puts them in mydomain.com/site and them stealths the /site/ part of the url. So effectively the user thinks the website is installed in root.

However, I thought in the interest of 'doing things properly' and learning a little more about apache, I would try changing the documentRoot of the main domain rather than rely on htaccess.

So I opened: /var/cpanel/userdata/USERNAME/MYDOMAIN.COM -> 'mydomain.com'

I edited the documentRoot line: DocumentRoot /home/USERNAME/public_html/site
(Because 'site' is a subdomain, I also edited: scriptalias path: /home/bsgccom/public_html/site/cgi-bin )

Then I rebuilt the httpd.conf file using: /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf

I checked httpd.conf, and the changes are there.

However, mydomain.com still directs to public_html

Perhaps I have to restart apache? EDIT: YES. ONCE I DID THIS IT WORKED

Thanks!

[eukSam]

Hello,


Yes, you have to restart apache after any changes done to the apache conf. After restarting the apache service, the change takes effect.