The Apache httpd processes you're currently seeing are related to HP System Management Homepage. It's an instance of Apache, but it's completely dedicated to running SMH. You should not try to change its configuration.
Instead, install the Apache webserver software package to your HP-UX:
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXWSATW312This provides a "general-purpose" Apache webserver which you can configure as much as you like.
Then read Apache documentation to understand what you're doing.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/There are many ways to configure which parts of your HP-UX filesystem will be accessible as URLs:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/urlmapping.htmlFor example, if you want to make /opt/webdata/dir visible as
http://x.x.x.x/dir, you would configure:
Alias /dir /opt/webdata/dir
Another way to achieve the same thing would be to set DocumentRoot to /opt/webdata. (Setting DocumentRoot to / is definitely not recommended!)
To allow displaying of directory listing instead of pre-prepared index.html (or similar), you must add these lines to Apache configuration to activate the Indexes option for your directory:
Options +Indexes
See:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#optionsThere are various other configuration directives you can use to change the style of the directory listing:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.htmlBy default, Apache allows only reading the files (HEAD and GET methods). Furthermore, Apache typically reads files using a special unprivileged user (typically named "httpd" or "apache"): if the directory or file permissions don't allow this user to read the file or directory, Apache cannot send it to the client.
If you want to allow write access through HTTP/HTTPS, you use an Apache module that supports WebDAV or HTTP PUT method. For example, Apache's WebDAV module is called mod_dav:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dav.htmlBy default, this module is disabled. You should definitely read the documentation and understand your Apache configuration before allowing write access, be it through mod_dav or otherwise.
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