Re: [cobalt-users] Newby Admn questions

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 24 February 2002 07:26 am, dhbolton wrote:
> I'm, new to Raq4 so I've read the manual many times. I've changed admin
> accounts, setup a virtual site but am having trouble updating it via
> Frontpage. I've created the virtual site but have been able to upload via
> Frontpage Server extensions (yes they are on and I've entered a password-
> but the webmaster username/password are rejected). I'm sure its me being
> stupid bt I only do this part time so am trying to leap up the learning
> curve.
>
> 1. Do the DNS records need to be in place to make this work?

Yes; as FP requires FQDN 

> 2. How can one test a site before doing DNS changes to make it live?

Since it's front page i assume you are useing windows.
edit /windows/hosts   [ windows 95-98 ]
make an entries
ip.ad.re.ss   www.domain.tld
ip.ad.re.ss   domain.tld

> 3. Do I need the DNS server enabled now?

Yes;

> Sorry if these are basic, I have RTFM several times!
>
> To give examples, I own dhbolton.com and .co.uk (currently hosted elsewhere
> but I can change the name servers) I'd like to host these on a RAQ4 that
> I'm admin for at 213.239.46.46
>
> I've added www.dhbolton.com to the site, enabled FP extensions.  Host name
> in the Virtual Site List is www.dhbolton.com
>
> The site was setup like this
>   IP Address   213.239.46.46
>   Host Name www
>   Domain Name   dhbolton.com
>   Web Server Aliases www.dhbolton.co.uk, dhbolton.com, dhbolton.co.uk
>   Email Server Aliases dhbolton.co.uk

Add Email Alias dhbolton.com

> Plus php enabled.
>
> The front page password was definitely all lowercase.
> I tried publishing to
> ftp://213.239.46.46/homes/sites/www.dhbolton.com/web
> and got a 550 No such file/directory exists
> I then tried
> http://213.239.46.46/home/sites/www.dhbolton.com/web
> which pulled up an 'Enter Newtork Password' but would not accept either
> the Admin / Admin Password or webmaster/front page password

Probably because you got to the server but not to correct user
USE webmaster/front page password
use
http://www.dhbolton.com

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Gerald Waugh