By mastorer on

I'm trying to set up a local server on my Mac (OS 10.5.8).

I have MAMP installed OK, but when I ask it to "Open start page" I get a 404 saying:

Not Found
The requested URL /MAMP/htdocs was not found on this server.

However, when I look at my Mac system, I see that folder (htdocs) listed at Applications/MAMP/hdocs

Why can't it be located by MAMP? I already have that folder filled with lots of stuff showing on my Mac directory including my Drupal 6.x

Can someone help me? I feel foiled before I even start.

I did this installation about 2 weeks ago and then left it until today. Perhaps I've forgotten something basic?

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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crookednumber’s picture

crookednumber commented

1) Is MAMP running?

2) When you open the MAMP application, what does it say under Preferences > Apache > Document Root ?

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Amarjit’s picture

Amarjit commented

I presume 'hdocs' is a typo and not the actual 'htdocs' folder?

jax_rox’s picture

jax_rox commented

i get the same problem and im not really sure how to fix it..

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

Does http://localhost/MAMP/ work?

It could also be that your MAMP install is competing with your OS X apache install. What I have done in the past is under "Preferences" / "Start/Stop" check the box "Stop Servers when quitting MAMP". Then quit MAMP. I believe this magically shuts down any other running instances of apache. If this doesn't work, you might have to do one of these "sudo apachectl -k stop" (or something like that) in the terminal.app.

Good luck!

kakar’s picture

kakar commented

Check if your Drupal Installation directory has .htaccess file.