RE: [cobalt-users] Web Interface vs Manual Administration

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> At the time I presumed I would be able to manually
> add new sites without the interface but that doesn't
> seem to be the case.

You *can* add new sites and make changes... the GUI just won't know
about it, won't recognize it, and will overwrite it. ;)

> So in my haste I have a machine that I can't update
> because of Cobalt's propeitory OS. Is there a pkg that
> I can download to reinstall the interface without
> wiping my current settings or better yet how can I
> manually add a new site ?

Not so fast... search the archives for "shell tools" and you'll be
pleasantly surprised. There is a package which does this and adds the
information to the Cobalt GUI as well.

There may also be a package that reinstalls the GUI. As for myself, I
would have suggested that you disable it first (by not starting the
service) rather than deleting it. Until you are 100% sure that things
work perfectly, non-undoable actions are, well, non-undoable.

> I have configured a virtual site entry in httpd.conf
> as per usual. I have reconfigured proftp to handle ftp
> connections on the IP and I have the nameserver pointing
> the domain to the IP in question. But the server still
> doesn't recognise the domain or IP as its own.

Well, you have not mentioned actually telling Linux to listen on that
IP. You've only mentioned DNS, HTTP, and FTP services but not
networking. This might be why. Still, I wouldn't bother going to all the
trouble you're going to. My particular choice would have been to protect
the admin interface with SSL and keep using that, with judicious use of
the shell tools when I wanted to.

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