Re: [cobalt-users] Virtual sites

[Revd leonard payne <vicarage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 28/4/01 10:33 am, Cobalt-Canada at info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


> 
>> I have a RaQ4, I  hosted about 10 domains on the server, I don't quite
>> know what I have not done right because to see my sites I have to type
>> http://www.theDomainNameInQuestion.co.uk/~userName   How do I reach
>> http://www.theDomainNameInQuestion.co.uk/~userName  without having to
>> type ~user name. All domains are hosted on one IP address I don't
>> suppose that matter too much? Thanks for your help in advance
>> Temi
> 
> Hi Temi
> 
> It sounds like the html files for the sites you are looking at ended up in
> in the users/username/web folder instead of the /web folder. There are a
> number of ways the files could have ended up there. For starters, the person
> uploading the files must be a site administrator to place files in the /web
> folder. If they aren't the site administrator, they will only be able to get
> to users/username/web and not to /web.
> 
> If you make the FTP login folder / (the root of the web) you will see the
> directory structure... You should see the folders logs, web, users and certs
> (at least on as 4i.) The /web folder is where you want to place your files.
> You could also specify /web as the login folder and save yourself a couple
> of clicks when you start off.
> 
> It doesn't have anything to do with sharing the IP address.
> 


No No No -  the ~user  way of doing things is standard on the Raq. If you
start moving things around as suggested above, by the time you have a few
more user sites, the confusion will be incredible.

Much better is to leave it as it is and make some symbolic links
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To change /~user to /user

please see:

http://www.zeffie.com/Basics/Changing_User_Address.html

Blessings
Revd Leonard