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I have a linux server running apache2, I have my own user folder: /home/me/... I added a .htaccess to my folder with:

DirectoryIndex index.html

in it and the server IP is: 123.456.789.111

I tried: http://123.456.789.111/index.html

to no avail. I know I probably doing something wrong, I never used apache.

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Can you post a sanitized copy of your httpd.conf? – mahnsc Oct 9 '11 at 22:22
isnt /etc/apache2/apache2.conf is what you are looking for? I'm running Ubuntu – soulSurfer2010 Oct 10 '11 at 1:12
If you are using the default site, your DocRoot will be /var/www by default. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what it is you are trying to do? Normally, if you start apache up, the default page will be a stick "It works!" page. – mahnsc Oct 10 '11 at 1:26
your IP address is funny :-) – Michał Šrajer Oct 10 '11 at 18:40

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  1. httpd.conf must have already DirectoryIndex for "Main" site
  2. AllowOverrride for <Directory /> container must not be None in order htaccess directives to work
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