dropbox as an apache folder
27 Oct 2009Create an apache config file for dropbox
sudo vi /etc/http/conf.d/dropbox.conf
paste in the below code - replacing ‘username’ with your user
Alias /dropbox /home/username/Dropbox/htdocs 
<Directory /home/username/Dropbox/htdocs/>
   order allow,deny
   allow from all
   #Deny from all
   allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
Create a htdocs folder in your dropbox directory
mkdir /home/username/Dropbox/htdocs 
Allow Apache access to your home dir
chmod 755 /home/username 
chmod 755 /home/username/Dropbox 
chmod 755 /home/username/Dropbox/htdocs 
Reload the Apache conf
sudo /etc/init.d/httpd reload
Done, now http://localhost/dropbox is stored in dropbox
