Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ3- user sites not found

["Carrie Linn Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

> I cant seem to get to any user's sites on any of my domains.
> thye just report "file not found".

Kevin,
I'm only good for reminding people of the basics *L*... but they're always
the best thing to check first.
-Are you accessing the user's sites as yourdomain.com/~username
-Or, as yourdomain.com/users/username
(That's not a question, just something to check, so that you're not trying
yourdomain.com/username)
-Are you using an index.php, or index.cgi as the default page in the user's
directory... and if so, have you changed httpd.conf (or is it srm.conf?) to
make sure it accepts those as defaults?
-Is the main page in the user's directory 'index', and not main.html or
something like that? (It should be index.html or default.html - or just
.htm)

> i also have problems accessing the user info from the GUI.

What kind of problems?
You'll find your usernames listed in /etc/passwd and it's shadow file,
passwd-, and also in /etc/shadow
You might want to check there for problems.

WHICH reminds me... have you messed with the passwd file at all (or the
groups file)?  If you've looked at it in an editor that wraps text and saved
it on the system that way, some usernames might be 'broken' (in a unix sense
of the word) since the full line isn't there and the next line (which is the
remainder of the previous user's data) starts out as gobbledygook - to the
server anyway; it's not starting how it's supposed to in that file

What are your logs telling you? Anything strange-looking in messages?

> can anyone help in how i identify the problem.

I sure hope so *smile*

> happy xmas! but ill be on this until i solve it, aaargh
Happy solstice!  ;)

Carrie Bartkowiak