Re: [cobalt-users] Mysterious old site won't go away

["Edward Bishop" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > ServerAlias *mydomain.net *mydomain.org
> >
> > to httpd.conf. I've also commented out the three lines after
> "RewriteEngine
> > on" in httpd.conf so that if a user goes to the .org it doesn't get
> replaced
> > by the .net in the browser's URL field.
> >
> > Now, in the browser, the following all work fine:
> >
> > http://mydomain.net
> > http://www.mydomain.net
> > http://mydomain.org
> >
> > - these bring up the site in /home/sites/home/web.
> >
> > but the problem is http://www.mydomain.org. This brings up an old set of
> > site files which I overwrote (I thought) with new ones weeks ago. I've
no
> > idea where these old files are located - I've searched in the FTP client
> but
> > can't find them.
>
> Have you ruled out your browser displaying a cached version of the site?
> Have you tried from another machine?  If you post the real URL I'll be
glad
> to check for you.  You may also try accessing the machine through the
shell
> (ssh or <shudder> telnet) and typing:
>
> locate "filename"
>
> where filename is one of the webpages you are having a problem with.  It
> will return all files that match the filename which may help you get
closer
> to finding the problem.  It would be fairly simple to backup the files and
> change them one by one to see what the webpage is pointing to.
>
> --
> Steve Werby
> President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
> http://www.befriend.com/


Thank you very much for these good ideas Steve.

Before my original post I had nearly worn out the refresh button, and tried
ctrl-alt-shift-refresh and shift-refresh and right-click-refresh on every
frame - then I cleared the browser cache - still with no difference.

But then after your advice I tried connecting to another ISP and the problem
was gone. Then I connected to my usual (cable) ISP and it was back! So I can
only think they are using some kind of very-slow-refreshing proxy server...?

I've noticed in the past when changing DNS details for domains others can
see the effects hours earlier than me.

Thanks again

Eddie