Re: [cobalt-users] Problems with Uploading webpages

[J Kraft <jkraft@xxxxxxxxxx>]

COnfirms my belief that by and large Cobalt support sucks!

Mike Glenny is the only tech that know his stuff.

At 07:42 AM 07/17/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>> Created a virtual domain account, with the client's domain
>> name and information. The box (Raq3) created the four directories
>> (web, logs, etc.). I tried to ftp (as "admin") the client's Web site
>> files from my local drive to the "web" directory, and kept getting
>> errors.
>> I called Cobalt tech support, who confirmed the problem but
>> had no solution. They suggested blowing away any traces of the
>> virtual and creating it again. I did that, but there was no
>> difference. I still couldn't FTP files to the "web" directory.
>>
>> Here's what I did:
>>
>> I created a new "Web2" directory that sat along side the four
>> default directories, but via FTP. I was able to upload the client
>> files into the directory that I created (go figure). I deleted the
>> "web" directory that the box created, and renamed my directory "web"
>> to replace it.
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>That sure is an awful lot of work to do in order to avoid the command line
>on your own Linux box (that *is* why you bought a Cobalt in the first place,
>isn't it?).....   Color me stupid, but if you are going to this much work,
>it seems easier to just build your own web server and avoid the "features"
>like this that are a side effect of Cobalt's GUI.
>
>My $.02 worth.
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>Brad Rathbun
>Follow the Leader! CompuTech Internet Services
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