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    Host with no support (loads of questions)

    Ok I bought the cheapest server I could of bought. It was a one off payment of like $10 (I only needed it for one file so I got it)

    now, the only way I can access it is via ftp. And it has nothing installed on it. No cpanel or anything. I cant change my password and the place I got it from has shut down (they offered no support anyway)

    I now use the server for fairly big movie files and its held up very well, so Ive continued abusing it and it still hasnt gone down, so really I have a great deal here

    the trouble is leechers etc since I can only get to it via ftp, I must include my username and password in the links and people just go on my server and delete everything

    I did use anti-leech for a good while but my forum members are put off cos of the spyware issues

    my questions are

    is there anyway I can install cpanel on it
    is there away to visit it via http
    can I add security to it so Im the only one who can add and delete stuff (not just changing the permissions cos users can change them back at the min)

    or should I just scrap it and forget about it
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    Sounds like you got your 10 bucks worth. Time to move on,I think.
    Mark Oberg
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    Re: Host with no support (loads of questions)

    Originally posted by skaterkee

    my questions are

    is there anyway I can install cpanel on it
    is there away to visit it via http
    can I add security to it so Im the only one who can add and delete stuff (not just changing the permissions cos users can change them back at the min)
    cPanel has a 10 or 15 day trial you can install, if you like it, you can purchase a monthly license from a reseller for around $45.
    Or just install webmin/usermin for a free solution. There are others as well, just google it.

    Is apache installed? If not, install it. Have you tried going to the default IP?

    Can you create another ftp user with read only rights and use that to access the files?

    However, you may want to just get a cpanel server somewhere else, I've seen them as low as $49.00 - $69.00/month
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    when I go to the ip it goes to some dodgy apache stuff. I think it is installed

    but thats it
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    Yes, it's installed.... Check the httpd.conf for location of DocumentRoot, /var/www/html usually. That's where the default apache page is called from.
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    thats the thing. None of that is there, just nothingness
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    this is what I get, just go here

    66.235.197.63
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    not sure how far you goign to get unless you have root account on the server to install these items. If you do you can install webmin it is free and can give you basic ocntrol to the server.

    Good luck
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    Do you have root access to the server?
    Hell have you tried to SSH into the server at all?

    "I bought the cheapest server I could of bought"

    What do you mean by that statement? You did not "BUY A SERVER" for $10.00.

    did you purchase an FTP account? Lease a server / rent a server / obtain a hosting account.

    Please clear that up because without that information everyone is simply trying to guess what you actually have.
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    Also

    that IP is vhost01.startlogic.com

    Is the company you paid startlogic? If so they have an 800 # you can call..

    Perhaps it's a client that host's with Start Logic.. If so that might be this guy:

    ankur.org
    This is the personal homepage of Ankur Bulsara. There's not much right now, but I'll soon be adding some of my work - drum transcriptions, software, digital art, music, articles etc. I'll try to avoid making this yet another pointless site on the internet.

    ~Ankur Bulsara

    Check it out for yourself..
    http://vhost01.startlogic.com/oldindex.html

    And following that I went to http://www.ankur.org/ which tells me he has moved to http://textdrive.com/
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    Dedicated server for $10 per month? Are you sure you arn't mistaking it for a shared hosting account? Electricity costs more than that
    BeeServe
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    well I dunno lol, they probably died and left the server on, but Ive been uploading 400mb files nearly everyday with atleast 100+ downloading and its as fast as ever

    im amazed

    I just need to secure it and Id be the luckiest guy on earth
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  13. #13
    Unless you have root shell access, this sounds like a badly administrated shared server

    They run on an honour system?
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    I wouldn't know anymore cos the site closed down
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