UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All,

I have insatll one debian OS and facing the following the problems:

1. I want that when i type http://ip.address/wecome.html

it should show my welcome.html page.

but i am unabe to do rather i am abe to do by following
http://ip.address/cgi-bin/welcome.html

2. i am unable to copy any file from this server to anotehr server. I am able to ping any server from that server. I am trying to use ssh but ssh ask me teh root password of the anptehr server


Thanks & Regards
Gauri

(1): You probably need to adjust the DocumentRoot Apache configuration directive (httpd.conf / apache.conf or similar file somewhere in /etc). But before you do that, please check carefully whether the given configuration values are indeed incorrect. Or probably you have just placed your welcome.html in the wrong directory so the URL is incorrect.

(2) Use scp. You will be asked the password (most of the time) for the user account on the destination server. You will find resources on how to use scp with some searching, on google for instance.

This is one of them:
http://workshop.molecularevolution.o...#file-transfer

Hi cbkihong,

Thanks for looking into my problem.

this what i have in my config file

DocumentRoot /var/www

and i kept my welcome.html in
/usr/lib/cgi-bin/

So could you please guide me the two way u explained me. I mean how sud i change Documentroot or the place i kept welcome.html.

SCP i will look and will get back to u.

Thansk & Regards
Gauri

Then put your welcome.html in /var/www. It should now be served at the correct URL.

thanks for the reply,,,SCP has solved my problem but first problem is still unresolved.

I try to keep my welcome.html under /var/www but still it didnt work.aprt form this i am facing one more problem

i need to type teh following to get the welcome page
http://ip_address:8080/apache2-defau...n/welcome.html

but i dont want this 8080 port to give i want the following
http://ip_address/apache2-default/cgi-bin/welcome.html


Thanks & Regards
Gauri

Please avoid just saying something doesn't work, but give more description of the output. For instance, the output is "forbidden"? "not found" etc.? Also please find out the corresponding lines in access.log and error.log when you have the file in /var/www and then use the URL http://host:port/welcome.html, and see if there is any indication.

If you have VirtualHosts, the DocumentRoot applied is per virtual host entry instead of the server default one, so you must have some understanding of your existing configuration before you can figure out the problem.

Do not put anything in cgi-bin unless you know what you are doing. cgi-bin is reserved for scripts. Therefore, it appears to be incorrect.