Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Correct file path in a browser

p.s., with regard to not being able to make connection after rebooting
the machine, I also entered the command "ifconfig | grep inet" to make
sure the IP was still 192.168.11.4
Stan

On 3/22/2017 11:35 PM, Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net
[LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
> Apache2 is working because when I enter http://www.192.168.11.4 in
> SeaMonkey or Firefox (from my Windows 7 laptop) I get a message that
> says "It Works" followed by more information, one of which says that if
> I got this message that means Apache2 is operating correctly.
>
> I downloaded WinSCP to my Windows 7 laptop and was able to copy a file
> to the var/www directory in Ubuntu. Since I was able to make contact
> with my Linux machine (technically, is it correct to say I am making
> contact with Apache2?) I should be able to read this file with my
> laptop. I tried various combinations of things which I won't go into
> detail here, but it seems the correct file path in SeaMonkey (or
> FireFox) should be
> http://192.168.11.4/[my username]/var/www/CometFront.jpg
> It did not work, even when I left out my user name. Is this the correct
> file path?
>
> Also, I may have a problem with the installation. I turned the machine
> off and then later turned it on again to make sure I had entered
> everything correctly. Now, my web browser cannot even find
> http://www.192.168.11.4 and when I launched WinSCP it could not make a
> connection and it said the host does not exist. I think what happened is
> that when I changed all the settings to get to the point of being able
> to write a file to var/www, I had made an incorrect change and it did
> not show up until I rebooted the machine. Is this what happened?
> Stan
>
>



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