Roland, "LOCALHOST" or "127.0.0.1" would work in the SSH forwarding situation.
The "External URL Link" special case is lowercase "localhost" only. Lonnie On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Roland M. Roehrich wrote: > Hmmm... Some users use SSH port forwarding, and then the real URL > might > be http://localhost/xyz.html from a client perspective. I'm not > sure if > you can change that URL without breaking things. SSH takes care of > forwarding the stream to the destination, but the user really > connected > to localhost. If the server using virtual hosts however, just using > the > ip address will not work. SSH doesn't modify the stream... > > Roland Roehrich > > Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: >> No Christopher, the "localhost" is just a placeholder (special case) >> that gets dynamically changed before it is placed in the URL Link. >> >> Think of it like a proxy, to another web service on the astlinux box. >> >> http://localhost is not actually used. >> >> Take a look at the description [1.1.08] #3: >> http://lonnie.abelbeck.com/astlinux/altweb-changelog.txt >> >> Lonnie >> >> On Sep 17, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Chris Abnett wrote: >> >> >>> hOw are people logging into their astlinux box as http://localhost >>> when the >>> astlinux machine has no x windows or browser on it. Wouldn't the web >>> interface user always be someone on a client machine and not at the >>> console >>> of the astlinux? >>> -Christopher >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> Lonnie >>> Abelbeck >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:09 PM >>> To: AstLinux Users Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] web interface: user.conf in rc.conf.d >>> >>> On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Philip Prindeville wrote: >>> >>> >>>>>> You can just serve back whatever prefix came in the original GET >>>>>> request, right? >>>>>> >>>>>> If the user said: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://host.mydomain.com/foo >>>>>> >>>>>> then return something starting with http://host.mydomain.com/ and >>>>>> if >>>>>> he >>>>>> said: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://192.168.1.1/foo >>>>>> >>>>>> then return something starting with http://192.168.1.1/ -- this >>>>>> will >>>>>> also make it more compatible with reverse-proxy servers operating >>>>>> through a NATting gateway. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Philip >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Philip, I think I understand what you are saying... >>>>> >>>>> Use the $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] to generate the public host and the >>>>> Prefs tab URL string for the local path... in this special case. >>>>> >>>>> Possibly if the user specified http://localhost/bla..bla, I could >>>>> replace "://localhost" with ://$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], since >>>>> localhost >>>>> would normally have no application in an HTML anchor href= >>>>> >>>>> Anyone see a problem with this? >>>>> >>>>> Lonnie >>>>> >>>>> >>>> But the user never would specify "http://localhost/..."; would he? >>>> >>>> -Philip >>>> >>> Exactly, so it is fair-game to specify in the Prefs tab External URL >>> and I dynamically change 'localhost' before it hits the browser. >>> >>> Philip, thanks for the tip to solve this. >>> >>> Lonnie >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>> great >>> prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>> the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Astlinux-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >>> >>> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>> great prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>> the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Astlinux-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >>> >>> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal >>> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> . >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >> the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL >> PROTECTED] >> . >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > . > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
