Type "www.sfgiants"
in hostname
Type "baseball.com"
in the domain name field
How do I setup a mailing list
on my RaQ4?
Here are the instructions for
setting up a mailing list on a RaQ4:
- From the Administration pages
of your RaQ4 you select the edit site icon (wrench head) for the site that
in which you wish to create the list.
- Now select List Management
from the left hand side of the interface, and click on Add Mailing List.
- The first field is Mailing
List name. You would enter the name that you want mailing list subscribers
to send mail to.
- For instance if you
wanted to create a mailing list that looks
you would enter support in the Mailing List name.
- The Password field is were you
enter the password that you will have to provide when you administer this
particular mail list.
- If you want the mailing list
to be an open list you can check Allow User Subscription to List.
- If you have an open mailing
list then you may wish to select Allow Unsubscribed Posting to List. This
will let users who subscribed to your list to unsubscribe with out bothering
the list administrator.
- External Recipients are email
accounts that the list will send mail to that reside on mail servers other
than the RaQ4
- Registered User Recipients is
where you select the user who will be on your mailing list who happen to
belong to RaQ4.
- When you have all the fields
set you should select Confirm New Mailing list
How do I set up multiple users
on the RaQ with the same usernames at different domains?
The RaQ uses the same password
file to store the users on all the sites on the RaQ. That is why you cannot
create the same username on a virtual site that is on another virtual site. What
you can do is create user1 on virutal site 1 and set that user\'s email alias to
user and create user2 on virutal site 2 and also set that user\'s email alias to
user. That way, both users will have the email alias of user@their-virtualsite.com.
Why am I getting CGI-Wrap
errors?
Typically when someone has cgi
wrap problems on our products its caused by bad permissions, bad placement, or
bad perl.
- Permissions: Make sure the cgi
is owned by a member of your site, and make sure the group is your site
(i.e. bob.site12 if a member is bob).
- Bad placement: All cgi must be
run from within the web directory. This can be the web directory for a user
or any site.
- Bad Perl: If the problem isn't
solved from either of those two methods it's due to misconfiguation of the
scripts, or bad perl.
I would like to publish webs
to your Sun/Cobalt Raq4 server using Microsoft Frontpage. What should I know
about this process to help me on my way?
Here are some important things to
note when using FrontPage on Sun/Cobalt servers:
- Do not mix FrontPage with FTP.
Publish with one or the other. This can inadvertantly alter the file
permissions or corrupt the extensions on the server.
- Permissions set on files will
be different (nobody versus admin or siteadmin ownership). This keeps
certain scripts from being run at root level, thereby compromising the
safety of your server.
- Publishing using FrontPage is
insecure. It will not use SSL with a Sun/Cobalt server and therefore may
compromise network security.
- Make sure that the latest
updates for FrontPage from Cobalt has been applied. This will ensure maximum
compatibilty and stability.
- FrontPage server extensions
must be enabled first before publishing. They can be enabled in the Site
Settings menu of a virtual site.
On a RAQ, where is the CGI
directory. The manual mentions the /usr/bin/perl, but nothing about the CGI
directory?
You can put CGI scripts anywhere
within your site or user's web directory. Thus, /home/sites/sitename/web/script.cgi
can be executed from
http://sitename/script.cgi
and /home/sites/sitename/users/username/web/script.cgi can be executed from
http://sitename/users/username/script.cgi
You should name compiled programs and shell scripts
filename
.cgi Name perl scripts
filename
.pl If you want a cgi-bin directory, just make the directory /home/sites/sitename/web/cgi-bin,
for example. So /home/sites/sitename/web/cgi-bin/script.cgi can be executed from
http://sitename/cgi-bin/script.cgi
.
How do I get Perl and CGI to
work on a virtual site?
As far as CGI is concerned,
you can put CGI scripts anywhere within a web directory. Either for a site or
for a user. Thus,
/home/sites/www.site.com/web/script.cgi can be executed from: http://www.site.com/script.cgi
and
/home/sites/www.site.com/users/username/web/script.cgi can be executed from:
http://site.com/users/username/script.cgi
You should name compiled programs and shell scripts filename.cgi
Name perl scripts filename.pl
If you want a cgi-bin directory, just make the directory /home/sites/site.com/web/cgi-bin
for example, so /home/sites/site.com/web/cgi-bin/script.cgi can be executed
from: http://site.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi
I have loaded my html pages to
my Raq3, but when I try to access my website, I get a file not found error or I
just see your Sun/Cobalt start page. What can I do to view my web pages?
When you first log in to a Raq3
server through FTP, you are in your user directory. If you drop off your web
pages there, you can only view them if you enter www.domain.com/~username into
your browser. To view your web pages by typing in the domain, you need to go up
two directories in the directory tree and down into the web directory. If your
ftp client allows you to type in a path to the main web directory, you might
want to try typing in /../../web or /home/sites/site#/web.
Also make sure you put up an index.html file. This is the default filename that
the server will look if the site is called in a browser.
How can I tell how many visits
my web site gets? -
Included FREE with every account is WebAlizer 2.0, a very powerful tool for
graphically tracking visitors to your site. It provides you statistics on how
long visitors were there, what pages they visited and the order in which they
were visited. With the advanced logging feature activated it even captures what
browser was being used and how the visitors found you, whether through a search
engine or a web site link.
What are FrontPage server
extensions? -
FrontPage extensions are CGI programs that provide the server side
implementation of FrontPage. FrontPage communicates with the extensions via HTTP
using a Remote Procedure Call (RPC). When the server sees the "POST"
request addressed to the FrontPage server extensions it simply directs the
request to the appropriate CGI program. The extensions implement authoring
(uploading/downloading documents, ToDo lists), administration (setting end-user,
author, and administrator privileges), and dynamic content (browse-time WebBot
components). Without the FrontPage server extensions you will not be able to
take advantage of the WebBots that are available through FrontPage. You also
cannot author and administer your site using the tools provided as part of the
FrontPage Editor/Explorer package.
What is a domain name?
-
A domain name provides you with an identity, or address, on the Internet. It
helps you to find and to be found. When a server is searching for something on
the World Wide Web, it looks for a string of digits known as an IP network
address, (e.g. 156.130.43.30). A domain name is the text translation of this IP
address, which is easier to remember than a string of digits. Registering a
suitable domain name on the Internet is the equivalent of registering a company
name. Once it has been registered, no one else can use that name. Because so
many companies have similar names, it is important to register a suitable domain
name as soon as possible.
Can I access my domain without
the "www" in front? -
Yes. You will be able to access your domain address with or without the
"www" in front of the domain name. Example: [http://www.your-name.com]
or [http://your-name.com] is acceptable, whichever you prefer.
How long does it take to
set-up a new account? -
New accounts are set-up within 24 hours from the time we receive your order.
Once your account is set-up, you will be emailed your Account Login information
(User ID, Password & FTP hostname) along with some useful URLs to help you
get started. You can immediately start uploading files to your new web site.
Domain account users will be given a temporary URL to access their site via the
web prior to the completion of either domain registration or domain
modification.
Contact
Darrell@eskimointernetservices.com
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