How do I run my own CGI programs?
Put your CGI programs in the /var/www/cgi-bin
directory.
How do I use CGIemail, Formmail and
the graphical counters?
CGIemail:This is a program that will email you the forms
filled out from the web.
Here's an example -
Create a text file called "example" in the main web directory.
This is the content of the file:
To: joe@blue.com
Subject: example
This is a test message.
This is a test message.
name: [name]
phone: [phone]
That is the file that will be sent to joe@blue.com.
Now, cgiemail will automatically replace [name], [phone],
anything
in the brackets with the corresponding user supplied info from the web
form. Also, you MUST have the To: and the Subject: line followed by
the blank line. Those three lines MUST be on the FIRST THREE lines. You
cannot change the From: address.
How do I use the anonymous ftp site?
Your anonymous ftp site is completely different from your web site.
It is turned off by default. Let the hostmaster know if you need access to
anonymous ftp.
How do I use Real Audio?
RealAudio is a real time audio transmission/player system. A digital
audio stream is transmitted from the server over the internet to the
destination and played immediately, rather than being stored to disk first
and then played.
Each audio clip requires two files: a metafile with extension .ram, and the digital audio clip itself, with extension .ra. The .ram file holds one or more lines of ASCII text, each of which references the .ra file to be played when the .ram file is accessed by the browser.
Entries in .ram files have the form:
rtsp://your-domain-name/name-of-clip.ra
Note that .ram files must be uploaded in ASCII mode while .ra files must be uploaded in BINARY mode.
How do I change my login password?
SSH to your domain. After you've logged on, type "passwd" to
change
your password. You can exit the SSH session by typing "exit".
How do I check the web usage stats for my domain?
Check the Site Administrator under Reports.
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 = fred.com
POP = fred@fred.com
from = anyname@fred.com
passwd = As-sent-to-you
What is the correct path to perl (and other programs)?
perl5: /usr/bin/perl
perl5.003: /usr/bin/perl5.003
sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
date: /bin/date
java: /usr/bin/java
python: /usr/bin/python
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)
Username: fred
Passwd: As-sent-to-you
How do I create my own "404 Not found" error page?
Simply create/modify the missing.html file in your main web directory.
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.
Assume your domain is example.com.
Use the following url to access your pages via the secure server.
https://host.uuserver.net/example.com/anypage.html The above page would be accessed from the normal web server as:
http://example.com/anypage.html