aha! starting to make sense then, this means that people from outside will see the public ip address that i give then that is then forwarded to the web server, next:-) where should i put the htpasswd file the apache online docs suggest /usr/local/apache/ as a directory but that's not on my system, do i get to put it where i like with permmisions set to apache.apache 0700 ?
bascule p.s this is very useful help, i've never tried to set up a web server before On Monday 23 September 2002 9:03 pm, you wrote: > bascule wrote on Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:22:48PM +0100 : > > thanks todd, that did it, > > just one thing though, the default page still says 'welcome to > > <myinternalserverip>, > > looking at the index.shtml file - i'm not an html coder - i see: > > <CENTER><H1>Welcome to > > <!--#echo var="SERVER_NAME" -->!</H1> > > That VAR is a variable that is passed to it by YOUR browser. So if you > put an entry in /etc/hosts such as: > > <yourinternalserverip> something.ridiculous.com > > Then point your browser to http://something.ridiculous.com, it will say > "Welcome to something.ridiculous.com". When you turn off that > UseCanonicalName setting, you are telling the server "use whatever name > the client gives to me as my name". > > Blue skies... Todd -- "Zaphod grinned two manic grins, sauntered over to the bar and bought most of it." - Zaphod in paradise.
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