brucetcampbell wrote: > Greetings Everybody, > > I am a newby to Linux and I hope someone can help or steer me in the > right direction. > > I would like to setup a web server. I have Ubuntu installed on a > spare computer and apache is installed. ( I can switch to a > different distro if it is preferable) > > How do I setup webpages? I believe the instructions said to setup my > webpages under \www. I have reviewed that directory and I see the > current index.html. However I can not access it. It opens when I go > to localhost. I thought I could simply create a new index and copy > and paste. No luck. How do I access and modify the directory? > > How do I add a new webpage or site. I am not trying to establish a > fully fledged server that will host multiple domains. I would like > to setup a simple webserver/fileserver that I can access for my own > purposes. I intended to open a port on my router and direct it to > the Linux webserver. essentially creating a new index.html page and > that page would serve as my directory to other pages or files. > > Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated > > Bruce > >
I don't know anything about Ubuntu, but I have two web/mailservers up and running, using OpenBSD 3.9 (similar to Linux, which I run on the desktop). First, you will need either a static IP address for the website, if you want the world to see it, or you will need to subscribe to a service that will permit you to 'cheat', using a dynamic IP address and their service... but your ISP might not be amused, if they catch you. You might also want a domain name, unless you plan on running just the bare IP addy. Then you will need web server software running on your machine... Apache is the most popular... apache.org If you don't have the man page installed, you probably do not have apache installed... 'apachectl' is the interface for starting, stopping, etc, if it is installed, you already have apache installed. Where the web documents go is determined by where you decide to place them, or where Apache places them if you let it default. On my machines, web docs are in /var/www/htdocs I suggest that you do some serious reading on security before you run a server that is exposed to the Internet, with publicly accessible ports. Not a day goes by when I don't see at least one attempted crack on my servers, and usually the numbers are much higher than that... in the hundreds, counting ssh bruteforce attempts. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
