The base directory where the files, programs and directories that make Apache work is commonly referred to as the server root. On your Freedom server, this is the /usr/local/www directory. Everything relating to Apache and the Web sites that you host on your server are contained somewhere inside the branch of your server’s directory tree.
For convenience, there is a symbolic link shortcut to Apache’s server root directory. It is /www. Moving into the /www directory actually places you in the /usr/local/www directory. You can verify this by entering the following commands at your shell prompt:
> cd /www
> ls
/usr/local/www
For conciseness, we refer to the server root directory as the /www/ directory throughout the remainder of this guide.