Chapter 7: JSP/Servlets Information
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
What are all
the files and directories in my home
directory?
public_html................This
is your web directory. Place all your web files in
there.
www................This
is the same directory. They are aliased/linked to
each
other.
public_ftp................This
is your anonymous ftp directory. Users can only
download from this directory the files that you
place
there.
public_ftp/incoming................This
is the anonymous user upload
area.
public_html/webstore................This
is the WebStore Shopping Cart
directory.
public_html/webstore4................This
is the WebStore 4.0 Shopping Cart
directory.
_private................
This is part of MS Frontpage Extensions. DO NOT
TOUCH.
_vti_*................
These are parts of MS Frontpage Extensions. DO NOT
TOUCH.
public_html/cgi-bin................This
is your cgi-bin directory. Put all of your own
scripts here. This is not the location of the
preinstalled
scripts.
cpanel..........This
is your Control Panel. DO NOT TOUCH. You may
utilize the control panel thru:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
.xfm..........This
is your part of your Control Panel. DO NOT TOUCH.
You may utilize the control panel thru:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
.lists..........This
is your Mailing List information. DO NOT TOUCH.
You may utilize the control panel thru:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
.mail..........This
is your Mail information. DO NOT TOUCH. You may
utilize the control panel thru:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How do I run my own
CGI programs?
Put
your CGI programs in the cgi-bin
directory.
- The cgi-bin should automatically change
the permissions to chmod 755 for
you
A special note - this does not apply to
frontpage webs, follow normal cgi instructions
The location of preinstalled scripts is
/cgi-sys.
How do I use
cgiemail, and Formmail
?
CGIemail:This
is a program that will email you the forms filled
out from the web.
Please use formmail.cgi while we
rewrite the section on
CGIemail.
Formmail
is a very easy to use form processor, simply place
the following on any page after entering your
domain.
<FORM METHOD=POST
ACTION="http://yourdomain.com/cgi-sys/FormMail.cgi">
<input
type=hidden name="recipient"
value="sales@yourdomain.com">
<input
type=hidden name="subject"
value="Order">
<input type=hidden
name="redirect"
value="http://yourdomain.com/">
<input
type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Back
to Main Page">
Be sure to replace yourdomain, with your
real domain name.
How do I use counters, clocks,
and calendars ?
Please use your
control panel to create a counters, clocks, and
calendars. There is a huge selection of styles
available.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How do I use the anonymous
ftp site?
This is preset up with
every account. Your anonymous FTP account is the
public_ftp directory in your root directory. You
can create user specified logins in your
public_html directory thru the browser control
panel interface.
How do I create email
aliases and forwarders?
Please use
your control panel to create an
alias/forward.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How do I use the
auto-responders?
Please use
your control panel to create an
auto-responder.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
How do I see who is using
my auto-responders?
The original
email that that your visitor sent to receive your
auto-responder message will wind up in your
default mailbox, unless you set up a pop or
forwarder of the same name as the auto-responder.
You can then see who requested an auto-responder,
by the email that you have
received.
How do I create a mailing
list?
Please use your control panel
to create mailing
lists.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
There
may be extra charges if your mailing list is very
large - more than 1000
subscribers).
How do I use Real
Audio(tm) and Video(tm)?
Real
Audio(tm) and Video(tm) is available for a small
extra charge
Information was supplied in
section 1.2.10
How do I change my login
password?
Please use your control
panel to change your
passwords.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
Telnet
to your domain. After you've logged on, type
"passwd" to change
your password. You can exit
the telnet session by typing
"exit".
How do I check the web
usage stats for my domain?
Please
use your control panel to check your
stats.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
I need to configure my mail
reading program so I can access my emails. What
are the proper settings?
Assume
your domain is fred.com
Smtp = mail.fred.com
pop =
username@fred.com
*** Replace username with
what the control panel gave you as your
login.
from = anyname@fred.com
passwd = was
chosen in "pass" field of control panel pop
setup
What is the correct path to
perl(and other programs)?
perl5:
/usr/bin/perl
perl5.003:
/usr/bin/perl5.003
perl5.004:
/usr/bin/perl5.004
sendmail:
/usr/sbin/sendmail
date: /bin/date
java:
/usr/bin/java
python:
/usr/bin/python
Domain paths
using example if
your domain was fred.com and username is
fred
- Main dir:
/home/fred/public_html/
- Cgi-bin:
/home/fred/public_html/cgi-bin
- Main dir:
/home/username/public_html
- Cgi-bin:
/home/username/public_html/cgi-bin
What are the basic Frontpage
settings?
assume your domain is fred.com
location to publish to: fred.com (note if
the domain is not active use the ip# we
assigned)
FTP server name:
fred.com
Directory path:
/home/fred/public_html/
or
Directory path:
/fred/public_html/
Username: fred
Passwd:
As-sent-to-you or try normal one.
What are the basic Msql
settings?
mSQL is installed, however it is
not supported dueto the complexity of the
program.
How do I create my own "404 Not found"
error page?
Please use your control panel to
create error
pages.
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/login
Make
a file called .htaccess in the your public_html
dir. (if it exists just add the line)
Add this
line:
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
and you
can edit
/home/username/public_html/404.html
How do I use the SSL server for my order
form?
Normally, any text(such as your credit card
number) sent from your browser to the web server
is sent as plain text. This means that a hacker
could potentially intercept(however unlikely) the
information sent from your browser and read
it.
However, by using the secure server, the
information is encrypted before it is sent from
your browser. It would be practically impossible
for anyone to decrypt it without knowing the
key.
Please use the secure server only when
necessary.
SSL Security covered in detail
in section 5.5
Setting Up IMAP
Mail Clients
Read
here
