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Well, this may simply be because I've upgraded from a previous |
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installation of Apache2, or it may be because I didn't see the ewarn |
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when I emerged, but I used to have a /home/www/htdocs/ directory in |
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which everything installed. I believe that cgi-bin, icons & error were |
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in there..? |
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Now I find that I have separate /var/www/htdocs/ & /var/www/localhost |
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directories and that cgi-bin, icons & error go in the top-level |
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/var/www/. GLEP 11 is presumably not intended as user-documentation, so |
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an explanation for someone who finds GLEP 11 heavy-going would be |
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appreciated. |
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My server is never addressed as "localhost". I do use virtuals, |
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although I'd be happy to admit I don't have a clue about them. I |
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believe that when I originally emerged Apache2 I made suitable |
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directories for compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org & www.stroller.uk.eu.org |
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within htdocs & pointed the virtual hosting at those directories. When |
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squirrelmail emerged to htdocs I could simply symlink |
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mail.stroller.uk.eu.org to squirrelmail in the same directory. Now |
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compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org & www.stroller.uk.eu.org reside within the |
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/var/www/ alongside localhost |
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In writing this email to you I find that an emerge --update has placed |
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the new squirrelmail in /var/www/htdocs/, a directory which is now |
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otherwise fairly redundant, as it only contains the default Apache |
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start-page (in several languages). That update to squirrelmail has been |
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ignored the past month, as I wasn't aware it would go there. |
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This is what _I_ find confusing, however it was you that stated: |
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> I'd say that the main problem people have (apart from my stupid bugs |
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> is that they just don't h.a.f.c. about virtual hosting. |
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In what other ways have users demonstrated to you that the don't have a |
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clue about virtual hosting..? Wouldn't the default start page be a good |
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place to address this with a little documentation..? |
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I would be the first to commend the design & layout of the new start |
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page which is proposed, but since users will wish to replace this with |
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their own start page, it will only be seen by the system administrator, |
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and hopefully not for too long. I think this would be a percfect place |
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to display some _useful_ information. |
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Stroller. |
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On May 26, 2004, at 1:58 pm, Chuck Short wrote: |
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> Whats confusing about it? |
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>> If people don't have a clue about virtual hosting, would it not be |
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>> better for the default Apache start page to document the correct |
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>> configuration & directory hierarchy layout for the version of Apache |
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>> that they have emerged. I for one have found the changes made to |
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>> Apache |
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>> in recent months confusing, and don't know where to find documentation |
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>> on the correct way to set up my webserver under Gentoo. |
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