Re: [cobalt-users] unfortunate raq3 owner...

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hirsh -e-skwirtz wrote:

> well i feel like i have been told to pick up the proverbial bar of soap...
> 
> hence the name "hirsheskwirtz"
> 
> all i had found in pre raq3 sales was how wonderful and easy to use the raq3
> is!
> 
> haaaahhhh!

Less than 10% of all RaQ purchasers ask questions on this list.

> none, zip, zero of my cgi scripts that i have running on 3 other apache
> linux boxes worked...
> 
> some bullcrap about cgi wrapper not found...

Most likely because you didn't upload them as site-admin or as admin,
using FTP.  And remember to set their permissions.

It IS possible to use a combination of telnet AND the gui interface.  It
just requires a bit of attention to detail.

You can certainly disable the cgi wrapper.  Don't.  it's a great piece
of security.

> while searching the blasted cobalt archives i find out that the cobalt
> cannot write to a dir that also runs a script...
> 
> some sort of security feature they say?

As someone else pointed out, not true.  If it really says this, then
it's wrong, and we can get it fixed by pointing it out to the right
people.  Exactly what does it really say?  And where?

> when adding virtual sites to the server,  when called by browser www.myweb
> shows fine...
> 
> myweb without the www shows my home server site... not the right one...

Because you can have multiple host-based sites on your RaQ, but only one
of them can be authoritative for the domain without a host-name.  Not
your fault, I supposed, since most of us have never really understand
what that "www" stands for anyway, but not Cobalt's, either; they do
understand.

Just takes a bit of reading all the fine information out on the Internet
(which is very different than the "web") and being willing to learn.

> 2 weeks into it i have as of yet been able to figure out how to make the
> email systems to work...

What doesn't work?

> i am in it for the long haul... since we do own the POS (piece of shixxx)
> 
> so i have to keep pounding it out....

If you really don't like the "stuff" that Cobalt's added, and you really
like the hardware enough to keep it, then you can remove all the cobalt
"sauce" and run the box as a straight linux box; if you want to do that,
ask questions on 'cobalt-developers'; some of there have done it and can
give you some pointers.

Jeff
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