RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ4r - where is the httpd.conf file?

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm not sure I agree with ftp'ing the thing for a few reasons:
> 1. If you use a text editor like notpad, you run the risk of introducing
> all kinds of control characters into the file. (You can't see 'em, but
> trust me....they're there) so you'll wind up with junk that doesn't work
> as advertised

NoteTab http://www.notetab.com/ works like a charm. I FTP it and cp it as
root to the proper directory.
Backing up the old httpd.conf first, of course.

> 2. If you accidentally choose "binary" on the download or upload (easy
> to do) you can wind up with junk that doesn't work as advertised

Need to set the FTP client to recognize .conf as an ASCII file type.

>
> Install ssh, login, su to root, make a copy of the file, and rename it
> to something like httpd.conf.backup, fire up your favorite text
> editor...(*whatever* that happens to be) and hand-hack that bad boy
> until you achieve httpd.conf nirvana.

Now you're talking that Linux geek stuff again. ;-) Us RaQ server
administrators know FTP and GUI.

>
> Don't forget to stop and restart httpd after making changes.
>

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2000-October/024470.html
helped me.
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Dan Kriwitsky