Serve it up! Xampp to go
I'm going to assume that XAMPP solved all your problems. Basically, because I'm a goddamn idiot. It didn't solve mine. There were all kinds of Apache servers still running on my system, some from my half-assed attempts rolling my own, and some from, I suspect, certain unnamed software that tends to be incredibly hostile toward end users, yet is inexplicably popular with designers.
Regardless, after some incredibly brave and incredibly stupid surgical scrapes with root-level "rm" commands, I got XAMPP up and running. (Hint, you're looking for files named "httpd." Sudo wisely, friend.)
Once XAMMPP was up and running, I was lightly amused to see how mad it was at me. Click on the menu item at the top left of the XAMPP page called "Security." XAMPP is a very angry little program. When it thinks you're doing something foolish, it yells at you in red text and treats you like you're a goddamn idiot. This is a good thing, since you're reading this, I assume you are, like I am, a goddamn idiot.
Five out of five conditions:
Lucky you.
Fortunately, if you keep reading after the table, you'll find that the good folks at Apache Friends (the publishers of XAMPP) have offered you a simple, albeit cryptic solution to your security programs.
Simply call /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/xampp security
"Simply Call," they say. Just like that. "Call."
Ok. Here's where the Goddamn Idiot in me is going to step aside and say something that, if I wasn't a Goddamn Idiot, I would have written at the very start. You should be sure you know what you're exposing yourself to when you put Apache and MySql and all that Xampp goodness on your computer. The default XAMPP install is not very secure, and you want to make sure you're not exposing yourself or your computer to unsavory and untoward places.
If you're not running behind a router, firewall, or in a trusted network, don't install XAMPP until you can secure it. And even then, think twice. Ok? End of lecture.
Anyway, back to the matter at hand. "Simply call /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/xampp security." Simply call. What the hell does that mean?
















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