| FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What are all the files and directories
in my home directory?
public_html................This
is your web directory. Place all your web
files in there.
www................This
is the same directory. They are aliased/linked
to each other.
public_ftp................This
is your anonymous ftp directory. Users can
only download from this directory the files
that you place there.
public_ftp/incoming................This
is the anonymous user upload area.
public_html/webstore................This
is the WebStore Shopping Cart directory.
public_html/webstore4................This
is the WebStore 4.0 Shopping Cart directory.
_private................
This is part of MS Frontpage Extensions.
DO NOT TOUCH.
_vti_*................
These are parts of MS Frontpage Extensions.
DO NOT TOUCH.
public_html/cgi-bin................This
is your cgi-bin directory. Put all of your
own scripts here. This is not the location
of the preinstalled scripts.
cpanel..........This is
your Control Panel. DO NOT TOUCH. You may
utilize the control panel thru: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
.xfm..........This is your
part of your Control Panel. DO NOT TOUCH.
You may utilize the control panel thru:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
.lists..........This is
your Mailing List information. DO NOT TOUCH.
You may utilize the control panel thru:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
.mail..........This is
your Mail information. DO NOT TOUCH. You
may utilize the control panel thru: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How
do I run my own CGI programs?
Put your CGI programs in
the cgi-bin directory.
- The cgi-bin should
automatically change the permissions
to chmod 755 for you
A special note
- this does not apply to frontpage webs,
follow normal cgi instructions
The location of preinstalled
scripts is /cgi-sys.
How do I use
cgiemail, and Formmail ?
CGIemail:This
is a program that will email you the forms
filled out from the web.
Please use formmail.cgi while we rewrite
the section on CGIemail.
Formmail is a
very easy to use form processor, simply
place the following on any page after
entering your domain.
<FORM METHOD=POST
ACTION="http://yourdomain.com/cgi-sys/FormMail.cgi">
<input type=hidden name="recipient"
value="sales@yourdomain.com">
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Order">
<input type=hidden name="redirect"
value="http://yourdomain.com/">
<input type=hidden name="return_link_title"
value="Back to Main Page">
Be sure to replace
yourdomain, with your real domain name.
How
do I use counters, clocks, and calendars
?
Please use your control panel to create
a counters, clocks, and calendars. There
is a huge selection of styles available.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How do I use the anonymous
ftp site?
This is preset up with every account.
Your anonymous FTP account is the public_ftp
directory in your root directory. You
can create user specified logins in your
public_html directory thru the browser
control panel interface.
How do I create email aliases
and forwarders?
Please use your control panel to create
an alias/forward.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How do I use the auto-responders?
Please use your control panel to create
an auto-responder.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How do I see who is using
my auto-responders?
The original email that that your visitor
sent to receive your auto-responder message
will wind up in your default mailbox,
unless you set up a pop or forwarder of
the same name as the auto-responder. You
can then see who requested an auto-responder,
by the email that you have received.
How do I create a mailing
list?
Please use your control panel to create
mailing lists.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
There may be extra charges if your mailing
list is very large - more than 1000 subscribers).
How do I use Real Audio(tm)
and Video(tm)?
Real Audio(tm) and Video(tm) is available
for a small extra charge
Information was supplied in section 1.2.10
How do I change my login
password?
Please use your control panel to change
your passwords.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
Telnet to your domain. After you've logged
on, type "passwd" to change
your password. You can exit the telnet
session by typing "exit".
How do I check the web usage
stats for my domain?
Please use your control panel to check
your stats.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
I
need to configure my mail reading program
so I can access my emails. What are the
proper settings?
Assume your domain is fred.com
Smtp = mail.fred.com
pop = username@fred.com
*** Replace username with what the control
panel gave you as your login.
from = anyname@fred.com
passwd = was chosen in "pass" field of
control panel pop setup
What
is the correct path to perl(and other
programs)?
perl5: /usr/bin/perl
perl5.003: /usr/bin/perl5.003
perl5.004: /usr/bin/perl5.004
sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
date: /bin/date
java: /usr/bin/java
python: /usr/bin/python
Domain paths
using example if your domain was fred.com
and username is fred
- Main dir: /home/fred/public_html/
- Cgi-bin: /home/fred/public_html/cgi-bin
- Main dir: /home/username/public_html
- Cgi-bin: /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin
What are
the basic Frontpage settings?
assume your domain is fred.com location
to publish to: fred.com (note if the domain
is not active use the ip# we assigned)
FTP server name: fred.com
Directory path: /home/fred/public_html/
or
Directory path: /fred/public_html/
Username: fred
Passwd: As-sent-to-you or try normal one.
What
are the basic Msql settings?
mSQL is installed, however it is not supported
dueto the complexity of the program.
How
do I create my own "404 Not found" error
page?
Please use your control panel to create
error pages.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
Make a file called .htaccess in the your
public_html dir. (if it exists just add
the line)
Add this line:
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
and you can edit /home/username/public_html/404.html
How do
I use the SSL server for my order form?
Normally, any text(such
as your credit card number) sent from
your browser to the web server is sent
as plain text. This means that a hacker
could potentially intercept(however unlikely)
the information sent from your browser
and read it.
However, by using the secure server, the
information is encrypted before it is
sent from your browser. It would be practically
impossible for anyone to decrypt it without
knowing the key.
Please use the secure server only when
necessary.
SSL Security covered in detail in section
5.5
Setting
Up IMAP Mail Clients
Read here
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