Forum: Server Management

I've set up a SVN repo and use it with web addresses. Somehow over the last month I've made an Apache conf change and the address isn't protected. Any recommendations on what would override and undo permissions? Thank you for any pointers! #httpd.conf: <Location /svn> DAV svn ...

Hey guys, I have a mobile site that gets redirected through the .htaccess file. There is a link on the mobile site to view the full site. But, when the user clicks on the link, they are always redirected back to the mobile site. I have set up a script to run when the user clicks on the link to...

I have having some problems running some PHP scripts from BAT files. If I execute the script directly from the browser it works fine, but when I have it running from a BAT file I can use certain functions like CURL or iMAP. Anyone have a fix?

I want to use grep to find a file, like so: grep -rn 'Some copy' Would that be the best way to find the file? Additionally, I need to find my root html directory. Sorry for such a noob question but would my root directly be as soon as I log into ubuntu?

Hi There Im using PHP code on a windows server, I need to configure friendly URL My address pattern is : www.yyyy.com/play.php?id=1 How can i configure friendly url for this one ? Thanks,

Hi folks, I have a little experience with IIS and DNS on W2003 which I have set up on a development server at home. In my job we are now using Apache rather than IIS, and I want to change my way of working at home to reflect this. Basically then, I have a server with 2 NIC's, I have a DNS...

Ok so I have this .htaccess file and I'm confused how to get it to do what I want. Here is the code RewriteEngine ON RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule (.+) $1

Currently I'm using Plesk 10, and I simply don't want to have to keep renewing every month as it's quite a cost out of pocket for running my server domains and subscriptions. I'm basicly just inquiring to see if anyone knows of, or has any experience or input on any third-party or open-source...

I run a website which asks users to enter information. For some reason I think my host is limiting my bandwith, or preventing me from getting as much traffic as is possible. How can I check to make sure no-one is interfering with my site in this way? Some days I get dozens of new users on...

I am currently in the process of picking a new web host (because Yahoo Small Business does not allow me to edit .htaccess, among other things) and I am looking for a new host that will allow me much more freedom when it comes to this type of thing. However, I'm not sure which host to go with/how...

Hello, I'm a newbie when it comes to htaccess files (apache). I've been trying to create this, but it just won't turn out. My idea is basically; http://reseller.mysite.com/5/Home.aspx rewrites the page to:

Hello Everyone, Looking into setting up a High Availability Site. It will have live events so when there is not an event there will be almost no users, and when there are events there will be thousands of users. Right now we are currently using Rackspace Cloud Servers using a single server. ...

Hi, I've recently got a new domain with the same hosting company. I have moved all files etc to the new domain and the site works great. I've been trying to get the redirection working from old site to new site. I've edited the .htaccess file to include the following: Options +FollowSymLinks...

Ok all my files and folders are set as owner of vsftpd:nogroup. FTP program can upload and create and do everything. But when I use the PHP command mkdir, I get a Permission Denied even though the folder its creating it in is set to chmod 777. IF i set the base folder to user www-data and group...

Hi Guys, I have a Godaddy Shared Hosting Plan, the emails that are sent from the website are always a little delayed. I'm thinking about moving my website to Godaddy's Virtual Server Hosting Plan. I don't have any experience with this, can someone advise how hard this will be? I'm sure I'll be...

I switched to a dedicated server this week and much of it is a bit over my head. One thing I cant seem to resolve is that the includes all work on all sub pages, but do not work in the index.html page. All use the same .htaccess file... This is the case for all 5 of my web domains. This is what...

Hi All, I've been working on converting a page which was managed entirely by Joomla into static files which are wrapped with a header/footer. I know it sounds kind of crazy but there is reasoning for this. Anyway I used a spider to download the entire website as static HTML files, and then I...

Hello, The issue I am facing is that, when I type the following address(http://server:8080/) in the address bar of any browser except opera, I automatically get redirected to "http://server.com". This happens only when I give a port number in my browser. The browser opens all sites except...

Hi, I've got a site at impactgr.com and I'd like users to see a 'notice' page (comingsoon.html) which announces our new website (currently in development). I did this by writing the following to the htaccess file: DirectoryIndex comingsoon.html Then that page links to my index.html page...

I have bunch of messages in Error Log. I want to restrict access to our domain is only from US. Chinese are attacking us. Can this be done? Thanks.

I was using a few popular wordpress plugins and went to take a look at my htaccess file to see whats going on there.. It looks really long and redundant. I know the 301 rewrite, gzip and deflate options are popular.. but what is the best htaccess set ups look like? here what mine looks...

I'm new to htaccess coding I've got this code: RewriteRule ^(\w+)/?$ index.php?mode=$1 I need to do the same to domain/category-name I can't find a way to get the rewrite to work with a dash (-). Can someone provide a code?

I changed my web host recently and transferred my site by restoring a full backup I created on Cpanel. I call my DB at localhost on my new site but I get data from my old DB on my old host? Any idea's on why that happens?

ok so this might be better in the PHP section because it has to do with my php scripts trying to write files to directories. My FTP account (and major user account) is piagency. All my files and folders in my /var/www/ is set to piagency as owner and of the www-data group the user account...

Hi folks, I used to be a staff member on a website that I frequently visit, and lately the site's been having some caching issues. When I visit the site, I don't always see the latest content, but content that was the latest about a month ago. Almost every time, I have to refresh the page twice...