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Today's Topics:

   1. RE: [RaQ3i] spam-relay!? (Sean Chester)
   2. Re: Cron error messages (Matt Brown)
   3. RE: Uploading .pkgs (Ian C. Walmsley)
   4. Changing server hostname (Zahid N. Sindhu)
   5. Re: Catalog.Com RAQs (Eurowolf@xxxxxxx)
   6. Arkeia Server (Jacob Smith)
   7. Reducing Spam (Donna)
   8. RE: Reseller / Affiliate programs (scripts) (Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail))
   9. RE: Where are the MIME settings? (Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail))
  10. RE: Passworded Web Page (Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail))
  11. Re: Adduser Script (Jim Scott)
  12. RE: RE: Advantage of Running DNS on RAQ4i (Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail))
  13. RE: problems with FTP (Joseph Bannon)
  14. A Real RaQ3? (Mike Fritsch)
  15. RE: 2 user names - say it aint so (Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail))
  16. RE: Passworded Web Page (Carrie Bartkowiak)
  17. RE: 2 user names - say it aint so (Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail))
  18. RE: Passworded Web Page (Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail))

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Message: 1
From: "Sean Chester" <seanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "'Theodore Jones'" <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3i] spam-relay!?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:51:34 -0000
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I GOT THE SAME MAIL THIS MORNING!
Guess what? Its a VIRUS, i forget the name of it but my Nortons 2001
Anti-Virus picked it up.

wierd.


-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Theodore Jones
Sent: 11 December 2000 18:49
To: Cobalt Users
Subject: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3i] spam-relay!?


Hey folks,

I'm getting a report from one of my client subdomains on my server that
he's receiving weird emails from somebody, with my server's main
domain-name tacked on ala:

	From: "Hahaha" <hahaha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:hahaha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
What could be going on here?  I looked through the maillog for the day
in question when this was sent/recieved, but couldn't dredge up any
"sexyfun.net" domain from all the lines...

How can I best tell if I am being used as a spam relay?

Thanks much all,

~ Theo

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Message: 2
Reply-To: <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Matt Brown" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:35:24 -0000
Subject: [cobalt-users] Re: Cron error messages

> So put an empty file in there named web.log, it will stop complaining....

Thanks this has sorted it.


Matt Brown
Designs 2 Web


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Message: 3
From: "Ian C. Walmsley" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Uploading .pkgs
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:18:09 -0000
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


> > when uploading .pkgs (like the 24MB update recently released) I 
> get about
> > 25% completed on an ftp transfer, then I get a messages stating I have
> > exceed my quota and the upload is ended.
> >
> > WHERE can I set the user limit for the RAQ's main Administrator ?
> 
> 
> Try FTPing large pkg's to /home/packages/ - much easier.
> 
> Ian
> 
> -----------reply---------------
> 
> DO not upload and run that 24MB pkg. It will corrupt some files on you
> system, and you will not be able to do server or site 
> administration via the
> cobalt gui anymore untill you get cobalt to go in and fix it. Wait untill
> cobalt annouces a replacement or a fix for it
> 
> Cheers, Dave
> 

I thought this WAS a replacement for the corrupt package???

Ian.


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Message: 4
Reply-To: "Zahid N. Sindhu" <zahid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Zahid N. Sindhu" <zahid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:44:46 +0500
Subject: [cobalt-users] Changing server hostname

Hello,

I would like to change the hostname on one of our RaQ3s, it has some 150
sites hosted on it atm.
My question is, if I were to do that, would it screw something up?

- Zahid


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Message: 5
From: Eurowolf@xxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:15:35 EST
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Catalog.Com RAQs
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In a message dated 12/11/00 11:07:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
 
 Web Hosting wrote:
 
 > yup! i was getting 1100 ms pings basically all weekend. not one email from
 > support, even as of yet.
 
 There are so many things that can go wrong with trans-continent
 connection.  Have you tried a traceroute to your box?  From your box? >>

C'mon transatlantic is slower, but hey, we are hosting a bunch of Raq's for 
dutch people here in the midwest and we get pingtimes constantly of just over 
100ms

if we do it from the us, we get 40 - 60 ms so the translatlantic hop only 
adds 60 ms 


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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:00:29 -0800
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Jacob Smith <jake@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [cobalt-users] Arkeia Server
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi I was hoping to get some guidance as to what install I should be 
doing for the Arkeia server.  They have a few source installs and 
they also have some red hat .rpms.  The one source install is for 
glibc which I believe the RaQ3's and 4's only have glibc2.0 and the 
other source installs are for libc5 and libc6 .

If anyone has installed arkeia server could you please give me a 
little guidance.

  thank you
jake smith


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Message: 7
Reply-To: <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Donna" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 02:19:36 +1100
Subject: [cobalt-users] Reducing Spam


I'm trying to find some examples of the mail/access file for
sendmail that includes rules to deny mail from a TLD (specific
countries, for instance) and/or mail containing particular
phrases, though I'm not sure that the latter is possible. I've
been considering using RBL, but not sure if a rebuild of sendmail
is necessary.

Has anyone had success with any of these methods? or knows of
some example access files to study?

--
Donna Lever
Smart Artist Web Services
http://www.smartartist.com.au/


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Message: 8
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Reseller / Affiliate programs (scripts)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:14:13 -0600
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Believe me, I want to take some courses and possibly even get
> certified. [...] You know all of those Sybex books for CCNA,
> MCSE, and the like?  Is there a book for Unix/Linux that speaks
> in plain-talk (which the Linux docs don't)

There's actually quite a few. Note that I tend to go slightly overboard on
the reading when I'm trying to learn something well, but even so most of
these are quite good for reference. I already knew how to use Linux (I mean
*use*, not manage) on a simple level, and I wanted to get into
administration.

The first books I got were all good, and even though somewhat redundant
they're far cheaper than courses. They definitely got me past a lot of
simple hurdles and into the more specific texts. My first lot was:

Essential System Administration (O'Reilly)
     ISBN 1-565592-127-5
     Quite general, including several OS's, but that's
     good for general culture

Setting Up A Linux Internet Server Visual Black Book (Coriolis)
     ISBN 1-57610-569-5
     Comes with a CD of RedHat Linux 6.0 and example files;
     gives you quick and simple explanations and gets you up
     and running quickly. Not, however, an in-depth anything.

After those two, I've moved into more specific texts for reference to
particular services or packages. At the moment, I seem to be an
O'Reilly-only shop, but I'm still looking for other books that are useful.
(This is also the order in which I'm reading them...)

DNS and BIND (O'Reilly)
     ISBN 1-56592-512-2

Apache: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly)
     ISBN 1-56592-528-9

Using Samba (O'Reilly)
     ISBN 1-56592-449-5

Learning GNU Emacs (O'Reilly)
     ISBN 1-56592-152-6
     I'm using vi for now in very simple ways (can't cut/copy
     and paste, etc.) until I get the hang of all-powerful
     emacs. I used to know emacs... 8 years ago... now must
     relearn properly.

MySQL & mSQL (O'Reilly)
     ISBN 1-56592-434-7

Finally, I've gotten an exam-preparation book and an extra computer for
home. This will allow me to have a system to install, wreck, install, tweak,
wreck, ad infinitum, ad nauseam, so I can stuff working at the NOC and then
go on to another topic. I expect the whole set of books, plus the computer,
to give me better learning, more in-depth and useful knowledge than any
course, for less money. This way just takes more work, that's all. I may
later take some course just to polish, but I doubt it.

> I was thinking of maybe getting a part-time job as a SysAdmin
> assistant at an ISP here locally that runs all Unix servers.
> If they'd even have me, that is... so I could LEARN!  I doubt,
> though, that what little I do know is even good enough to be an
> assistant. :(

Carrie, don't sell yourself short. You have your own server and you're in
business. No weenie admin-for-hire, regardless of how much he/she knows, has
a moral leg to stand on trying to look down on you. They may know more than
you, but then again they may end up working for you...

I'm like you; I want to know everything. But I make six figures by doing
business... knowing the technology is a hobby, and also lets me be much more
valuable since I can actually cover for the admin on some tasks (more as
time goes on) and since I speak the language of both the technical and
business worlds.

Do whatever you want to do, and you'll outlearn the stuffing out of whoever
gets in your way. As Bob Rotella said, "A positive attitude will not ensure
that you get good results; but predicting your own failure will most
definitely ensure that you do get bad results."

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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Message: 9
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Where are the MIME settings?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:27:11 -0600
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Not 100% sure (still beginning to learn) but I saw a lot of MIME-related
things in httpd.conf (look in /etc/httpd/conf/). Note that the GUI may trash
any changes you make manually; if so, check the archives for a fix by using
an Include directive.

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Barr
> Yaffe, C.A.S.
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:16 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Where are the MIME settings?
>
>
> I can't get Real Player to play .rm videos when a user
> browses to a site in
> Netscape. Works fine with IE. They only get code in the Real
> Player. Real
> techs say I have to check the MIME settings on my server.
> Where are they?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dave
> David Barr Yaffe, C.A.S.
> dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  | www.filmsound.com
> <http://www.filmsound.com>
>
> WebPlanet Website Design and Hosting
> Internet Solutions For People On Earth
> www.webplanetonline.com <http://www.webplanetonline.com>
>
>
>
>
>
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Message: 10
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Passworded Web Page
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:28:40 -0600
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Is there a preferred method to require a username and
> password before entry to a virtual site is permitted?

.htaccess?

There are man pages on the subject and lots of online documentation. Can't
give you much help, since that's on my list for learning next week. :)
However, also check the archives; there has been *lots* said about the
topic.

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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Message: 11
From: "Jim Scott" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Adduser Script
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:36:38 -0800
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Well I started the script yesterday around 2PM or so and it is still
running. It taking 3 minutes per addition to add a new user. I would say it
is about 3/4 the way done.

So far it has been running 18.5 hours. Has a total of 700 users to add.
Seems to be taking longer and longer every time it has to add a new user.

We will see what happens.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy" <rherban@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Adduser Script


> Unfortunately, no ideas on how to speed up.
> The only advice I can offer is once it's in a script, just let it go
> overnite (or the next day as well) and it'll chug through it.
> The error you are getting is from the siteUserList.cgi script, which, if I
> am correct, you won't need anymore because the shell tools will auto-add
to
> the site list.  Please confirm as I'm not 100% sure on that one, but that
> might help some :o)
>
> Randy
>
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Message: 12
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] RE: Advantage of Running DNS on RAQ4i
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:37:07 -0600
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> There is a definite advantage to running your own DNS server
> on your RAQ. First of all, you should probably have at least
> a T1 line to host even a few sites.  There's no such thing
> as enough bandwidth.

Brain, you sound like a UUNET salesman. Also, I beg to differ with your
statement. There *is* such a thing as enough bandwidth: as long as my pipe
is *never* 100% saturated, and not a single packet suffers delay due to
congestion, I have enough bandwidth. Hence the usefulness of packages such
as MRTG.

If you said "there's no such thing as too much bandwidth," then--barring
cost as a consideration--I'd agree. That is, I'd be glad to have a T3 if it
were free...

My hosting business is now one week old, and we host a grand total of 4
sites. (Thank you, thank you...) At this point, I'm still not exceeding 64
Kbps of bandwidth used at any point; why in the hell would I pay for a T-1?
Of course, I plan on growing quickly, but then so will my pipe: changes up
to 1 Mbps require nothing more than a phone call and are activated within
one hour.

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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Message: 13
From: "Joseph Bannon" <joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:45:57 -0600
Subject: [cobalt-users] RE: problems with FTP
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Before you do anything else, get your reverse DNS set; here's what I get
> when I try to look it up:
>
> [admin@joshua conf]$ nslookup 38.197.104.5
> Server:  joshua.ez-access.com
> Address:  216.116.124.170
>
> *** joshua.ez-access.com can't find 38.197.104.5: Non-existent host/domain


And to fix this, I just create a 38.197.104 DNS file?

Thanks for everything by the way.

Joseph



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Message: 14
From: "Mike Fritsch" <mfritsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Cobalt List" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:58:01 -0800
Subject: [cobalt-users] A Real RaQ3?
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

We just got a new RAQ from a new renter. When I went to the admin page of
our new RAQ3 is said 'Welcome To The RaQ2.' I proceeded to find out some
more info and I got the following from the top of a dmesg command:

Ignoring bogus EBDA pointer 3FEF000
Detected 298812989 Hz processor.
Calibrating delay loop... 596.38 BogoMIPS
Memory: 257756k/262144k available (1076k kernel code, 416k reserved, 2836k
data, 60k init)
Dentry hash table entries: 32768 (order 6, 256k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 262144 (order 8, 1024k)
Page cache hash table entries: 65536 (order 6, 256k)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
CPU: AMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c

It appears to be a RaQ3 from the processor and the software installed. Can
anyone please confirm this for me?


Thanks
  Mike


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Message: 15
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <heather@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
        "Cobalt-Users \(E-mail\)" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] 2 user names - say it aint so
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:05:22 -0600
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Double-check, when you reply to the list, that you're actually replying to
the list. That sounds a little odd, but there seems to be a problem
somewhere and your reply came directly to me. So I put the list back on.

> Your responses (for my questions and others) and always
> *extremely* helpful!

Hey, thanks...

> ...But then I ran into another forwarding dilema, of course!

<grin> Don't we always?

> Client wants info@ to forward to several different ISPs.
>
> info@ points to clienthome@xxxxxxx
> info@ points to clientoffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> info@ points to trainingdirector@xxxxxxx
>
> I've already set a user as "info" on another domain with a
> .forward file, so I cannot create another user "info".  So,
> I'm just a little stumped on what to do from here.

<DANGER, WILL ROBINSON -- DANGER!>

What I'm about to say sounds perfectly reasonable to me, but I'm making this
up, OK? I hope this works great; but let's get another opinion in here
before you go trusting my inspirations...

>From what little I know, you're pretty much going to have to delete the user
info. Assuming that this user only uses your box to check mail and upload
files but doesn't have or need shell access, it's not a major problem.

Copy the encrypted password from /etc/passwd (or /etc/shadow), delete the
user info, set up user s011u432 (or whatever), make sure you copy the
encrypted password back, and set him/her up the alias info. Even better,
write a small script to do that (not difficult) and tell cron to run it at
4:00am. That should work fine, and hopefully your customer won't get any
mail in the 10-second period during which his account is gone.

Note that this *would* cause some problems if the user has files in his/her
directory (such as scripts, a personal website, etc.) that he/she needs. If
this were true then more changes and things would have to be made.

Again, I *think* this is fine. Let's see if someone else adds to the pot.

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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Message: 16
From: "Carrie Bartkowiak" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Passworded Web Page
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:24:56 -0500
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

||>> Is there a preferred method to require a username and
||>> password before entry to a virtual site is permitted?
||>
||>.htaccess?

I can help with this! Note that I have a RaQ4i, so who knows if it will be
different on a diff. RaQ.
Straight from my support FAQs:
---------
How Do I Password Protect A Directory?
You'll need a plain-text editor. Make a file with the following contents:
order allow,deny
allow from all
require valid-user
authname "WhatYouWantYourAreaToBeNamed"
authtype basic
authuserfile /path/to/.htpasswd

Save this file as .htaccess and upload it to the directory you want to
protect.
Note: Once this file is uploaded into your directory, you will not be able
to see it via the web or ftp.
Note: For authnames that have more than one word (like Client Area), use an
underscore to separate the words. Do not use a space.
IE: Client_Area
Next use our hash password script to identify a user/password pair. Put this
pair, one pair per line, into another text file. Save this file as .htpasswd
and upload it to the directory that you specified on the last line of
.htaccess. For security, it is best if you put this file outside of your Web
directory so that it can't be accessed and read by hackers on the Net.

Note: The path for the password file is the server path, not the URL path.
For example,
/home/sites/www.yoursitename.com/pass/.htpasswd

You can name the password file anything you wish, as long as the name is the
same in the path. This is useful for specifying different pass files for
different directories. (memberpass, adminpass, etc.)

If you want the same group of people to access different password-protected
directories, simply give each of those directories the same authname.
Note: Once you password protect a directory, every subdirectory of that
directory will also be protected.

-----------------------
End of FAQ.
Here's the URL to the little username/password script I wrote if anyone
wants to use it:
http://www.allaboutchoice.com/support/userpassword.pl

Otherwise, you can do the entire thing through Telnet; making both files...
you'll find that in the archives. I personally find it easier to do it in a
plain-text editor on my own machine and upload it - that way I've also got a
local copy.

Now, there's lots of stuff in the archives about PAM, but on my RaQ none of
that applied. I'm not sure why, it might be some little tweak Cobalt made
with the OS or sumfin. It could apply to you, though, so check it out if
this doesn't work.

Carrie Bartkowiak


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Message: 17
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Cobalt-Users \(E-mail\)" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] 2 user names - say it aint so
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:05:22 -0600
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> 1)  Create a unique user s011u432
> 2)  Put info in as an alias of this user
> 3)  Create .forward file with various ISP destinations.
>
> Geez is it that easy?

Yes.

Note that *all* mail will be forwarded, so you may want to setup more users
with different aliases (webmaster, et al.) if those will be forwarded to
different people.

Note that--if I understand things correctly--this will not work as long as
the original user info still exists, so you'll have to delete the user info.

Anyone care to verify this?

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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Message: 18
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Passworded Web Page
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:07:39 -0600
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> ||>.htaccess?
>
> I can help with this!

Told you you knew more than you thought...

> ---------
> How Do I Password Protect A Directory?
> You'll need a plain-text editor. Make a file with the
> following contents:
> order allow,deny
> allow from all
> require valid-user
> authname "WhatYouWantYourAreaToBeNamed"
> authtype basic
> authuserfile /path/to/.htpasswd

Wow, thanks. I'd been looking for specific instructions for a day or so
already...

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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