Friday, March 24, 2017

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Correct file path in a browser

 

I assume that you are rebooting each time you change the apache2 config?
If not, restart only apache2 so that the new config changes can be
applied. Also, I notice that you mention editing files in
/usr/share/doc. Those files are there for YOUR reference. They do not
affect the state of the actual running system. Just a heads-up to save
you a little time in dealing with your problem.

On 03/24/2017 10:53 AM, Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net
[LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
>
> Scott,
> My problem may be as simple as myself not adding the HTTP line
> correctly. As I said below, I am using some old instructions someone had
> put on the internet. It said to put
> HTTP/ACCEPT net $FW
> in the 'rules' which is located in the etc/shorewall subdirectory. I
> could not find this subdirectory and, therefore could not find a 'rules'
> file, but I found a 'rules' file at
> usr/share/doc/shorewall/examples/Universal
> and that is where I put the HTTP(ACCEPT) net $FW
>
> I just now looked again in the etc directory and there is a shorewall
> subdirectory. For some odd reason I could not see it when I was setting
> this up. I edited the 'rules' and added the following two lines
> HTTP/ACCEPT net $FW
> SSH/ACCEPT net $FW
> With this addition I still could not bring up the CometFront.jpg file in
> my web browser.**
> The 'net' and '$FW' seemed to be reversed from what they should be and
> so I reversed the positions and it still did not work. I also got rid of
> the '/ACCEPT' and used "(ACCEPT)" instead. It still did not work.
>
> I apologize for all these verbose messages. I think the problem may be
> with setting up these two lines in the 'rules' in the etc/shorewall
> subdirectory.
> Stan
> ** However, it did something because when I rebooted ubuntu it stalled
> for a few minutes with a message that said "A start job is running for
> udev Wait for complete device initialization (the time lapsed was in
> these parentheses)"
>
> On 3/23/2017 10:29 PM, Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net
> [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>>
>> Scott,
>> I gave the line command
>> 192.168.11.4 80
>> and got the expected message that said "Connected to Local Host".
>>
>> The following is with respect to not being able to bring up the
>> CometFront.jpg image (that I copied to the var/www subdirectory using
>> WinSCP) in my web browser (Seamonkey and Firefox). You said "You can
>> look at httpd.conf and search for DocumentRoot in the file, which
>> will tell you where Apache expects to find things." There is no
>> httpd.conf file in the etc/apache2 subdirectory and so I used nano to
>> add a line to apache2.conf that said:
>> DocumentRoot "/var/www"
>> but it had no effect.
>>
>> I edited the Shorewall "rules" in the directory
>> usr/share/doc/shorewall/examples/Universal.
>> I added a line that said
>> HTTP(ACCEPT) net $FS 80 80
>> I tabbed over so the 80's were under the correct columns. This also had
>> no effect. Before I added the two 80's I tried entering a line before
>> the HTTP line that said
>> accept net 80
>> but this had no effect and so I deleted that line and added the two 80's
>> to the HTTP line.
>> I also tried adding the following two lines:
>> ACCEPT 80
>> HTTP(ACCEPT)
>> to "rules" in the etc/shorewall subdirectory but that did not work either.
>> In looking at the various files with nano, I noticed in the "shorewall"
>> file in the etc/default subdirectory that maybe I need to add a
>> "wait-interface" line. Do I?
>>
>> I think Apache does start up when I boot up the machine. I think this
>> because I made a change to the ServerRoot line in the apache2.conf file
>> from "/etc/apache2" to "/var/www". After I made this change when I
>> booted up the machine and it was in the process of loading everything I
>> noticed one line (I noticed it because the word indicating a failure to
>> load was in red) that said Apache failed to load. I reverted back to
>> "etc/apache2".
>>
>> I discovered why my laptop yesterday failed to connect to the server. It
>> is because I made a change in the Shorewall "rules" that apparently was
>> not correct. I am using a very old description from the internet on how
>> to configure everything in ubuntu. This guide said to go into the
>> "shorewall" file in the etc/default subdirectory and change "startup=0"
>> to "startup=1". When I changed it back to "startup=0" then everything
>> worked as it had been. In other words, when I entered 192.168.11.4 in my
>> web browser (Firefox and SeaMonkey) I got a message back that said "It
>> Works" and WinSPC was able to make contact with the server. However, I
>> still cannot bring up the CometFront.jpg image stored in var/www with my
>> web browser.
>>
>> To answer your question "Is the 192.168.11.4 a static address?"
>> This is the IP I get when I enter the Ubuntu command "ifconfig | grep
>> inet". It does not change when I reboot the machine, although the first
>> time I entered this command, days ago, I got 192.168.11.3. It changed to
>> 11.4 from 11.3 and has stayed at 11.4 since then. I did get a static IP
>> address from my internet provider, but have not yet gotten to the point
>> of using it to make the server accessible to the public.
>> Stan
>>
>> On 3/23/2017 3:11 AM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:35:21PM -0700, 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.
>> >
>> > So far, so good.
>> >
>> > >
>> > > 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?)
>> >
>> > No. Apache listens on port 80 by default, SSH listens on port 22.
>> > >From the command prompt, you can do telnet 192.168.11.4 80 and see
>> if you
>> > get a response.
>> >
>> > You should get something like
>> >
>> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> > Connected to localhost.
>> > Escape character is '^]'.
>> > (Then if you hit the control key and the right bracket key--the ^
>> > means the
>> > ctl key in this case--you get something like telnet > and can type
>> quit to
>> > get out of it.)
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>> > If you put the file in the default place, which varies between
>> > distributions, you probably shouldn't need the username.
>> >
>> > You can look at httpd.conf and search for DocumentRoot in the file,
>> which
>> > will tell you where Apache expects to find things.
>> >
>> > >
>> > > 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?
>> >
>> > It's quite possible. Is the 192.168.11.4 a static address? Could it be a
>> > firewall? Does Apache run on start up? (On most modern systems this is
>> > done with systemd.)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Scott Robbins
>> > PGP keyID EB3467D6
>> > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 )
>> > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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