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[Bee]

I'm about to point my domain to my newly setup server. Before I do so, I'd like make sure the following anomalies will clear up after the change over:

DON'T WORK...
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/subdir

DO WORK...
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/index.html
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/subdir/

Are the above normal while using IP address to call up the main site? I hope I won't have to use http://www.myname.com/index.html to call up the main site after I point the domain name to my new server.

[freakysid]

No that's not normal or desired. Dang-a-lang - I should know the answer to this off the top of my head - lucky I am not a web host - but basically, there is something you will need to fiddle with in your httpd.conf (assuming you are using apache) to achieve the desired result.

[priyadi]

The first one must be problem with DirectoryIndex. Make sure you have something like 'DirectoryIndex index.html' in your httpd.conf.

I don't know about the second one, what's the error message? Is there anything in log files? Does it work on other directory?

[Bee]

I found it in httpd.conf...

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.cgi index.php index.php3 index.php4 index.pl

So looks like my settings are correct. Maybe it just won't work with IP address. I hope it will work after I point my domain.

[iamdave]

It should work with just the IP....if i type Ip.ip.ip.ip/ it will show the index.html...

[Bee]

Could it be the way I uploaded the files for my main site? The files are at /var/www/html/ (Ensim). Should I create a name-based account for my main site instead?

[priyadi]

That's strange. Are you sure you are using the correct httpd.conf? Are there .htaccess files lying around with related directives?

[Bee]

When I type in xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx at the browser, it brings up the Webppliance (Ensim) login page.

When I type in xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/index.html, it brings up my main site.

Should I have NOT uploaded my main site to /var/www/html? Should I create a name-based account for my main site instead?

The only line in .htaccess is Options +ExecCGI

[priyadi]

It looks like ensim stores its administration CGIs in /var/www/html. I'm not familiar with ensim, but if that's the case the answer to your question is yes, you should not store your files in /var/www/html.

[Bee]

Thanks for all your help.