Forum: Server Management

I am testing modsecurity for the first time and am trying to understand writing the rules. Currently I am trying to limit a sample rule to a specific directory. The setup is modsecurity 2.1.3/Apache 2.x/Fedora. My php sample page lives in 2 directories: /protected & /virgin <?php if (...

How to block all search engines not to be visible content with ROBOTS TXT Simple question...

Hi, I'm somewhat new to htaccess files, so I was wondering if I could get some help deciphering one from one of the projects I'm working on. Any idea what this is supposed to do: RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /v5.issue12/ Options +FollowSymLinks rewritecond &#37;{http_host} ^ee\.com$ ...

I would like to move one of the photo albums on my site from one category to another and make a 301 redirect. I added the following to my htaccess file: (I'm testing locally before sending it to the live server) Redirect 301 /foto/goteborg/goteborgsvarvet-2008/...

http://www.freededicatedservers.com/dedas.htm Not sure if this area is the right place to ask this. If not, please move it to the correct thread. I am wanting to set up a dating site and as far as I know I need a dedicated server. So do these guys host my site (one I'd have to own) on...

hello :) my website has now been up for almost 2 years and everything has been going quite well. however, recently i have been facing an issue that is effecting my website largely. when i type the URL of my website (www.dbz-zone.org) , it takes me to a blank white page with nothing on it,...

Hey i had my dad's friend make him his website, and now i learned all the coding like css and html, and i found he used 1and1.com and i need to know what service i have? all the contact information is in my dad's friends name, anyone got any ideas how to help? the friend is hard to get contact...

Hello, I created a few error pages and the problem is, instead of the error pages that I created showing up, wordpress error pages are showing up I was informed that it could have to do with my HTACCESS file does anyone have any idea on why this is happening?

I'm simply trying to redirect a directory "banks" to the url below, I've tried everything and have had no success. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? .htaccess file: Redirect 301 /banks/ http://preventingforeclosure.org/2008/10/contact-bank-mortgage-servicer/ # BEGIN WordPress...

Hello; I just purchased a virtual dedicated hosting. I am trying to set up the operating system that I want to use. There are three operating systems that I can use. The three options are as follows: 1). Red Hat Fedora Core 7 2). CentOS 4 3). CentOS 5 Here's what Wikipedia says about the...

I have seen that on new server is changed: New server => / => /index.php Old server showed me: => /index.php => /index.php

How to modify .htaccess and change name of folders?

Hi, I just purchased a new dedicated server. I installed apache and php and those are working. I don't have mysql working with those yet though. Mysql seems to have been installed since i can get in from the root. I don't see any extensions of mysql though, just the mysqld and mysql. I...

I have seen that Apache 2 changed rules and I have to define new .htaccess. Do you have any idea how to make correct path. I used to have code to define path like: Path variable $_PATH1 = "http://" . $_SERVER."/"; and <?PHP include($_PATH1.'en-US/footer/'."footer_si.php");?>

I hope this is the correct place to ask this... if not, please kindly let me know. In thinking of starting/running a Social Networking Site, would I need to have/use a Dedicated Server? If so, why? Just trying to learn.... Brendi

I recently changed my blog address. How can I return a 301 error for everything under the http://www.migthegreek.com/wordpress/ directory to the new directory of http://www.migthegreek.com/scraps/ and will a 301 work for this, or is it only single pages?

How can I prevent access to certain files on my website, even if somebody knows the location of these files, i.e. mysite.com/videos/myvideo.flv? My web server is apache and my system is linux. I want to prevent direct access (typing in the URL and downloading the file), script access (I'm not...

Hello, I'm trying to do the following: client.dcd -> client.php client.dcd?action -> client.php?act=action This is what I have so far, but it is not working: RewriteRule ^client.dcd /client.php RewriteRule ^client.dcd?(+) /client.php?act=$1

So I've run into a weird issue at work, and I can't find anything relevant round the interwebs. We've got a set of tomcat instances, 1 dev and 2 prod servers. These machines were setup 4+ years ago by someone else, who's not available for questions at this time (no longer works for the...