Re: [cobalt-users] Web server setup (Document Root)

[John Bush <jbush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

when you add the user, make sure you have the site administrator check box
active
this will make that user the site admin, and then you will be able to enter
the /home/sites/siteX/web dir and upload

"Victory Systems ( ebizhosting.com )" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set up a virtual domain hosting service and have just
> recently purchased a New Cobalt Raq 3.
>
> Here is the problem:
> When I set up a new Host Name and Domain Name,
>
> Example:
> Hostname: www
> Domain Name: domainname.com
>
> and try to httpd into it (WEB Browser) it goes to the default place
> holder page.
>
> I created a new user under that domain; I then did what the place holder
> page says and FTPed into domainname.com and replaced the index.html file
> that is already there, but it placed me into a completely different
> userdir (the new user that I created for that domain) and I cant cd ..
> up in FTP to get to the proper dir.
>
> Please note that I am running a different DNS server than this system.
> The records are working in my DNS server, in case that was what you were
> thinking (unless I am overlooking a small detail).
>
> This is what I want:
>
> I need to be able to create a new user with domainname.com bound to that
> user's home dir. When the user FTPs in, I want the user to go to the dir
> that the domain name is bound to.
>
> I have tried everything except for replacing the DocumentRoot in the
> httpd.conf file, but if I were to do that, I would need to specify the
> users default home dir as well for FTP and e-mail purposes.
>
> Please help me ASAP, as I am in a desperate RUSH.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Randall Clark
> Victory Systems
>
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