Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:12:25 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: web server permissions question Message-ID: <20041225221225.6803332d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <41CDC8E8.6010704@att.net> References: <41CDC8E8.6010704@att.net>
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Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> wrote: > I think this is a permissions issue. I just installed Apache13, > and it works fine on my LAN using a fixed local IP. I opened > port 80 in my Linksys router, and from the internet I can now > get to my home page over the internet, using my fixed IP. > > >From my local LAN I can use links on my home page to display > html files in directories under the directory where my home > page lives. However, from over the internet I can only get to > my home page. Except, I can go to IP/manual/ and apache shows > me the apache manual pages by virtue of an alias in httpd.conf. > > So, I know it is possible to access other web pages via the > internet connection; I just don't know how to allow access to > my subdirectories. Sounds like your links are pointing to the private IP address, which isn't accessable from the Internet at large. If this is the case, fix your links. Otherwise, please provide some more information about the symptoms. I doubt there is any sort of permission problem. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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