I've got an old rig running Linux with the 2.4 kernel.<P>It's not doing alot apart from webserving and has plenty of RAM.<P>Now I'm trying to set up Apache to handle multiple name based VirtualHosts.

Yes, the DocumentRoot can be any directory. I would guess that either the Apache user doesn't have r-x permissions to /home/mike, or there isn't a default index file in /home/mike and directory ...

This column is the third in a series about how to manage your own services on your own server. In the first column, I discussed how to make sure your home network is ready to host your own services.