[vchkpw] lost gifs

[Michael Christie]

Hi There , Sorry I did not get back to the list. I solved my problem , I am using open bsd 3.2   with "-u" in the rc.conf file when you install qmailadmin all the image files load correct, but when you alter the httpd.conf the path to the images change for some reason , so I looked at the httpd logs , found the path,  moved the all the images to the right path and all is working ok , the same went for sqwebmail Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Bigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Christie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [vchkpw] lost gifs > off-list... > > Did you figure out this problem?  I didn't see any further follow-up to your > email but maybe I missed it. > > In any case I was able to get my images back based on the info from Clayton > Weise.  I already had an images directory under the domain that I used for > qmailadmin access.  I just added a subdirectory named qmailadmin to that > images directory, which is actually a symbolic link to the original > images/qmailadmin directory. > > I am a little worried about the symbolic link, because I seem to recall it > is a dangerous idea to use links (of any kind?) in web directories for > security reasons, particular where cgi's are involved.  But I forget the > details on this.  Of course I could have copied the files but I decided in > this case the symlink was probably safe. > > -Kurt Bigler > > > > on 12/2/02 12:26 PM, Michael Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have my images in a /var/www/htdocs folder, the images folder contains a > > folder called qmailadmin , when I did the config of qmailadmin I used > > /configure  --enable-htmldir=/var/www/htdocs  --enable-cgibindir=/var/www/c > > gi-bin I access the site using www.mywebsite.com/cgi/qmailadmin    as you > > can see I think I have all that is needed for qmailadmin to run , but still > > no images , this all changed when I added virtual domains to my httpd.conf , > > I can not see how that would change my path in the cgi-bin, can you please > > explain to me if I am on the right track or right off it , what do I need to > > do to fix this ,,,, or dose something in the httpd.conf need to be changed > > as well > > > > > > thank you > > Michael > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Clayton Weise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "vchkpw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:09 AM > > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] lost gifs > > > > > > Qmailadmin puts it's images in it's own images folder.  You'll want to > > check how you configured qmailadmin to be sure, but my images are in > > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/images/qmailadmin.  The images are called upon > > through relative path, so since my cgi-bin directory is > > www.mywebsite.com/cgi-bin then there also needs to be a > > www.mywebsite.com/images/qmailadmin directory. > > > > On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 01:57 AM, Michael Christie wrote: > > > >> Hi all , > >> Hope some one can help, I have installed qmail admin on openbsd 3.2 > >> without making any changes to the httpd.conf file , Tested qmail admin > >> all worked fine , after adding virtual domains to the httpd.conf, the > >> gif files and art work in qmail admin will not load in my browser, but > >> I can still log in . I have looked in the /cgi-bin/qmailadmin all > >> looks to be correct , can any one tell me what is going on and how to > >> fix this , if you need to see what I am talking about email me and I > >> will give you the url of the site.... > >> > >> > >> Thank you > >> Michael > >> > >> ps the same has happened to sqwebmail > > > > > > > > > > > > > >