subject:"Re\: Trying to move my httpd chroot"
Why din't you use he standard /var/www?
> find files in /usr/htdocs.
What is your "root" directive for the server?
Remember, it's relative to the chroot.
> (actually an exended one) with 129 gigs free.
and have a biug separate /var/www for your web content.
Then you can leave httpd chroot the default.
> for everybody to beat on.  I did read the PDF and man pages.
> /etc/rc.conf.local then booting  the machine seems to hang there.
foreground; only after you kill it, the boot will go on.
to get you what you're looking for in this case.
specify as a chroot dir.
> to get you what you're looking for in this case.
>> (actually an exended one) with 129 gigs free.
>> for everybody to beat on.  I did read the PDF and man pages.
>> /etc/rc.conf.local then booting  the machine seems to hang there.
With default httpd, it also isn't.
> specify as a chroot dir.
> Your webserver should NOT be in /.
> Your /usr should not have 129G free.
> Your web server should not be in /usr.
filesystem up may prevent upgrades etc. etc..
hint: the default is /var/www.  NOT /var/www/htdocs.
> in it but it can't find even index.html which does exist.
defaults to /var/www, the home directory of the www user.
pathname within the chroot(2) root directory of httpd.
If not specified, it defaults to /htdocs.
and this is also wrong.
Your webserver should NOT be in /.
Your /usr should not have 129G free.
Your web server should not be in /usr.
chroot.  It can be done.  But don't.  Just don't.  Not for this reason.
You need to upgrade soon anyway.  Good time to rebuild properly.