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mdw
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New HTTPD on grex!
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Apr 27 10:44 UTC 1995 |
This is an item to report any problems with httpd. It's not *quite* the
right conference, but look at it this way: it's a chance for people to
look at how grex is run otherwise.
We're now running CERN httpd 3.0 pre 6, with a very few custom mods for
grex. The most significant mod is that it uses the shadow password file
code, which means it should be able to resolve ~ references pretty
efficiently.
To make a home page, all you need is a "www" directory, and a home page.
If you're not sure what to do do, carl is the person you need to talk
to. Perhaps he can post a response here pointing you to some directions
on how to do that, if there is interest.
But the real purpose of this, of course, is to report any bugs or
complaints about its operation, here.
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tsty
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response 1 of 68:
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Apr 27 17:25 UTC 1995 |
As well as to compliment adn thank you for the stafftime investment!
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popcorn
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response 2 of 68:
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Apr 27 20:53 UTC 1995 |
Thanks Marcus, for getting this up again.
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robh
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response 3 of 68:
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Apr 27 23:19 UTC 1995 |
YES!!! Definitely! So outside users can access pages on
Grex again?
(robh decides to use msu-gopher and find out himself...)
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scg
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response 4 of 68:
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Apr 27 23:53 UTC 1995 |
Yes, thanks Marcus!
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robh
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response 5 of 68:
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Apr 28 01:18 UTC 1995 |
(robh returns...)
Yep, I got through to the Grex pages via gopher.msu.edu.
Thanks very very very much, mdw!
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remmers
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response 6 of 68:
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Apr 28 01:19 UTC 1995 |
Thanks much.
Now: I'd like to put up a home page with about two dozen 100K GIF's.
Z'at okay?
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robh
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response 7 of 68:
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Apr 28 03:20 UTC 1995 |
Sure, no problem, as long as you use your account at Eastern
to store the pictures. >8)
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krystyn
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response 8 of 68:
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Apr 28 04:11 UTC 1995 |
cool. the grex link on my homepage works now! thanks marcus!
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sidhe
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response 9 of 68:
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Apr 29 00:31 UTC 1995 |
I'm looking at setting up a homepage. How is this done?
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robh
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response 10 of 68:
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Apr 29 02:49 UTC 1995 |
No problem, just run the Unix command "mkhomepage".
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zook
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response 11 of 68:
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Apr 29 20:41 UTC 1995 |
Marcus, thanks for setting this up. I've poked around a little bit on the
Grex Home Page without any glitches (to date :-).
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sidhe
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response 12 of 68:
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Apr 30 01:00 UTC 1995 |
Robh- it's that simple? Is mkhomepage a user-friendly program, or
should I have a UNIX degree, first? :>
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robh
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response 13 of 68:
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Apr 30 01:07 UTC 1995 |
No idea. I would have tried it out, but it would have happily
erased my already-existing page. Why don't you try it out,
then let me know how it worked. >8)
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sidhe
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response 14 of 68:
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Apr 30 03:02 UTC 1995 |
Okay.. here goes...
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srw
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response 15 of 68:
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Apr 30 07:09 UTC 1995 |
Hopefully he found out that mkhomepage merely creates a www directory
under his home directory and places a prototype homepage there.
I really want to thank Marcus for the work he did to restore this very
important service.
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mdw
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response 16 of 68:
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Apr 30 09:59 UTC 1995 |
You can also do it by hand. I stole carl's home page to make mine.
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sidhe
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response 17 of 68:
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May 1 09:40 UTC 1995 |
Mkhomepage is a wonderfully user-friendly program. I thank whomever
wrote it.
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popcorn
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response 18 of 68:
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May 2 16:18 UTC 1995 |
Carl wrote it. An excellent job!
By the way -- at a glance, it looks like mkhomepage won't overwrite your
already-existing home page, so you should be able to run it even if you
already have a home page.
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srw
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response 19 of 68:
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May 3 07:05 UTC 1995 |
httpd problem: If I access a file that is missing or unreadable, I
should get html back stating this error. What comes back is subtle
malformed, though, because it causes lynx to say that the file cannot
be displayed, Download or Cancel? If you download it, it is the right
html file that should have been displayed.
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davel
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response 20 of 68:
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May 3 10:08 UTC 1995 |
Eh? If it's missing or you don't have read access you can download it?
I'm confused, Steve.
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lilmo
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response 21 of 68:
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May 5 03:32 UTC 1995 |
NO, what I think he is saying is that you get the warning you are supposed
to get only if you select "Download". (sorry about the 'shouted' "no")
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srw
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response 22 of 68:
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May 8 06:32 UTC 1995 |
Lilmo is correct. The daemon is supposed to produce a canned html file
which the client will format. It should say "File cannot be read" or
"File not Found" or the like. Instead it says "This file is in a format
that cannot be formatted by the client, D) Download or C) Cancel"
If you download it, you will see the source html file that says
"File not found". This is a bug.
Another httpd problem. This time it is configuration. The Userdir
mapping should point to ~user/www/homepage.html. If this is done, I believe
each user can specify http://www.cyberspace.org/~username
to get to his or her homepage. Right now one must use
http://www.cyberspace.org/~username/homepage.html
This shouldn't be needed.
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scg
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response 23 of 68:
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May 8 12:18 UTC 1995 |
It works with ~user if the homepage is called index.html. That's the
standard way of doing things.
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srw
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response 24 of 68:
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May 9 07:59 UTC 1995 |
Oh. I didn't realize that wasn't configurable.
So that means that our mkhomepage script ought to create index.html
instead of homepage.html. I'll mention this to Carl.
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