Arch Willingham wrote:
> I installed Backup PC 3.0 a while back. I remember going through a lot of
> websites trying to get it configured but it worked. That machine is no longer
> available and I am trying to install it again (Fedora FC7). In going through
> the install script, I have run into a couple places I don't understand.
>
> * CGI bin Directory - Instructions say "You should decide where the
> BackupPC CGI script resides. This will usually be below Apache's cgi-bin
> directory." but where is "Apache's cgi-bin directory"? How do I find it? I
> did a search for "cgi-bin" and found one at "/var/www/cgi-bin"...is that it??
> * Apache image directory - Instructions say "A directory where BackupPC's
> images are stored so that Apache can serve them. This should be somewhere
> under Apache's DocumentRoot directory.". Again, where is "Apache's
> DocumentRoot directory"?
>
>
Hi Arch,
I don't know about Fedora Core 7, but generally there are two flavors of
Apache, version 1 & 2. You can learn about the different versions here:
http://httpd.apache.org/
First you should review your FC7 installation to make sure Apache is
installed, this might not happen if you chose a "workstation"
configuration over a "server" configuration during installation.
More specifically, you need to investigate the configuration of your
apache installation. You will be looking into the contents of a file
called httpd.conf. Here is a good basic description of apache
configuration... a description of the various directories will be found
about 60% of the way into the article.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2000/03/02/configuring_apache.html
The "DocumentRoot" directory is the place that represents the main
directory ( / ) on your web server and is accessible as
"http://myserver/"; through your browser. An "image" directory would be
located in that directory, and accessible as "http://myserver/image";
through your browser.
If your installation is new, it is possible that you may have to create
an image directory within the document root directory.
The cgi-bin location is indicated by a "ScriptAlias" directive.
You will need to inspect your apache configuration file (httpd.conf) to
confirm these things.
If /var/www is your server's main directory (called "ServerRoot" as
opposed to "DocumentRoot"), it probably is organized like this, with
respect to your questions:
/var/www/cgi-bin/ ScriptAlias
/var/www/htdocs/ Document Root
/var/www/htdocs/image A directory that can be used to store image
files.
(The name of the directory isn't important, it is just
where YOU want the image files stored.)
~ Curt
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