On Thu, 01 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Well, Apache is really easy to setup. You install Mandrake with the
> "Server" option and it installs Apache.
>
> You put your html files in /home/httpd/html and your cgis in
> /home/httpd/cgi-bin.
What if I wan't to set it up so that user a can ftp into the server and he only
has accesss to his own domain and the other problem is that each domain needs
to have it's own cgi-bin access or is there a better way to do this.
>
> Apache is pre-configured by default for an ISP environment. It works
> straight out of the box (uh.. rpm). If you want to tweak the
> configuration, you type http://localhost/manual, and you have ALL
> documentation included on your own web server by default. It's only a
> matter of editing the config files, which are plaintext and are full of
> comments. It can't be easier than that, because even with a GUI interface,
> you'll still have to read the documentation to figure out what each
> checkbox does.
>
> Firewalls are a bit harder to configure. You'll have to RTFM a lot before
> you're familiar with the concept. Even me, I have to take a look at the
> man page every time.
>
> Finally, as for dial-up, I don't recommend using Linux as a dial-up
> server. It can be done, but once you have worked with a Lucent
> PortMaster 3, you don't want to go back to anything else.
>
> Jean-Michel Dault
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> > It will be for both dial up and web hosting there just alot of things that i
> > dont currently use or think about. so far all my experiance has been local and
> > not conected to the internet. so there are a few issues to look at. and i like
> > apache but it is a bear to set up. i still cant get my cgi scripts to run. also
> > i know about next to nothing about firewalls. ihavnt needed them.
> >
> > anyway i can usualy figure things out thats why i was curious about were to
> > find good reading material on the subject. also i mean good and up to date that
> > will cover apache setup and security issues also.
> >
