Linux Web Hosting Manual & Guide
Chapter 6: Frequently Asked Questions
- What are all the files and directories in my home directory?
- How do I run my own cgi programs?
- How do I run CGIemail, FormMail?
- How do I use the graphical counters, clocks, and calendars?
- How do I use the anonymous ftp site?
- How do I create email aliases and forwarders?
- How do I use the auto-responders?
- How do I see who is using my auto-responders?
- How do I create a mailing list?
- How do I use Real Audio & Real Video?
- How do I change my account passwords?
- How do I check the web usage statistics for my domain?
- I need to configure my mail reading program so I can access my emails. What are the proper settings?
- What is the correct path to perl(and other programs)?
- How do I create my own "404 Not found" error page?
- How do I use the secure server for my order page?
- Basic MS Frontpage configuration
- Basic Msql info
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How do I run my own CGI programs? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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How do I use cgiemail, and Formmail? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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How do I use counters, clocks, and calendars? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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How do I use the anonymous ftp site? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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How do I create email aliases and forwarders? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Please use your control panel to create an alias/forward.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login |
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How do I use the auto-responders? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Please use your control panel to create an auto-responder.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login |
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How do I see who is using my auto-responders? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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How do I create a mailing list? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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). |
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How do I use Real Audio(tm) and Video(tm)? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Real Audio(tm) and Video(tm) is available for a small extra charge
Information was supplied in section 1.2.10 |
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How do I change my login password? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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". |
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How do I check the web usage stats for my domain? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Please use your control panel to check your stats.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login |
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I need to configure my mail reading program so I can access my emails. What are the proper settings? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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What is the correct path to perl(and other programs)? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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How do I create my own "404 Not found" error page? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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How do I use the SSL server for my order form? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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What are the basic Frontpage settings? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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What are the basic Msql settings? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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mSQL is installed, however it is not supported dueto the complexity of the program. |
