what'r all them directories?

[Binky]

Is there some kinda faq or help page somewhere that explains all those many mysterious directories on my server? E.g., the one called ".maillists" has got me intrigued, especially since it seems to disappear when I try to look in it.

[Deb]

Ok.. hmm Other then your private login/home directory and cgi-bin:

logs_cgi == detailed cgi script error logs (first place to look for CGI problems)

logs_web == Apache web logs

logs == symbolic link to logs_web

www == Where Apache finds your files to serve

www/stats == Stats page storage for web access

The rest of the directories are system control directories for your domain...

.auth == system web password control

.autorespond == control files for EMail AutoResponder

.cgi_acct == dormant for future use (Banner Rotations)

.maillists == dormant for future use (Mailing List control files)

count-data == dormant for future use (Web based counter control)

ftp == dormant for future use (anonymous FTP)

vmspool == Virtual Mail storage spool

As you can see... much of it is in place with forward design in mind... Some sites will also end up with a Secure_Server directory for the secure files and possibly a cgi-secure for cgi secured files... anotherwords each one has a reason/need for being there...but for some of those the reason isn't in place yet http://www.aota.net/ubb/wink.gif

Deb

[hearts]

i have a question on this topic.

how come there is a dir in "/big/dom/xdomain" with my user name that takes me to my www? It really ain't a short cut, but I like it, cuz I don't have to scroll to go to my www dir! Is this dir there for a real purpose?

[Terra]

Hearts, this is the second stage of the Domain Lockdown phase... That directory with your username is your HOME directory... It is only used for when you Telnet/SSH in, and is *totally* private to you... Look at the ownership and permissions carefully...

Dropping you into your xdom directory is by design now, and the only way that I could configure a proper chroot()... Unfortunately, the chroot() is broken at the moment, as you found by not being able to access your logfiles... When I dump our current FTP server and go with ProFTPd, this will once again be a reality...

Yes, that symlinked 'www' directory is a shortcut to your DocumentRoot...

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Terra
sysAdmin
FutureQuest

[hearts]

eeeeeeeeeeks.. did i do sumpin wrong? Gosh.. I don't know how to look at ownership/permissions carefully? whatdya mean by that?

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hearts

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