Re: Another new Linux User :)

["John Van Horn" <jvanhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Hi Bruce, Thanks for responding...

>I suppose that means you won't be attending meetings every week?  ;{)


  Noooo... Probably not, but I wish I could. :)

>> old P54 /100 Mhz with 32 Megs of ram and  about 3 Gigs of HD.
>Sounds good enough for Linux.


  I have ALOT of resources available for upgrades if necessary. The reason
for the setup is we have about 400 subscribers using 47 dial in digital
modems on (3) T1 lines, I'd like to cut down some of the unnecessary
bandwidth with the local setup.

>If I understand exactly what your asking, you want to give users the
>ability to make personal pages?  i.e. (http://www.whatever.net/~john)


  Yes, you are correct, and that method is the first thing I tried and it
doesn't work...

>If so, try creating a directory named  "public_html" in a user's home
>directory, and put an "index.html" file in there and see if it works.
>I think it's setup that way by default from Redhat.
>
>The line:
>
> UserDir public_html
>
>in the file:  /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf
>controls the name of the subdirectory.


  I logged in as myself, did a mkdir for the "/public_html" directory, did a
"chmod +r . " on both the "/jvanhorn" directory and the "/public_html" sub
directory to allow read access. I tried to access it with  "http://<server's
IP> /~jvanhorn". I got the std "URL not found on this server." message. And
yes... I did ftp my web page stuff to the directoty first. Any other
suggestions?

>You should login as root ONLY when it's ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!
>Use a normal user login for as much as possible.  Otherwise
>Murphy will show you why, the hard way!


  OK, I get the picture on the security stuff... Thanks :)

>If you are talking about a non X-windows (non GUI) editor that
>you can use from the console or through a telnet session, try
>"pico".  It's very easy and can be productive right away without
>RTM.  When you have time, learn "vi".  It's very good, but has a
>learning curve (manual required), and is well worth the time.


  Pico is fine, Thanks for pointing it out, I just was getting nowhere with
Vi.

          Thanks,
                            John V.H.