[Xitami] Can't access cd rom through web pages

[eric]

1/18/02 10:12:04 AM, "Peter" <peterdn@telusplanet.net> wrote:

	Hi Peter, thanks for the reply...it got me thinking in a different direction and I 
was able to solve the problem. I've got a couple of small glitches left, but those are html 
problems.

	In case you want to add this to the "Xitami For Dummies" book, here's what I 
did.

	I went back and renamed the Xitami.cfg (actually did a copy and rename) to 
defaults. cfg and base host.cfg. Changed the location of the .aut files and rewrote the 
.cfg's to reflect my web site. (After all why reinvent the wheel, modify it!<LOL>) Among the 
changes,I changed the aliases to 
		(first column)	(second column-path)
		 cdrom        		E:\
		cdrom1			F:\

	I could have called them Moe and Larry or anything else, it doesn't matter. 
Also, if the drive was multi partioned, I could have used the same setup.

	Next in my Index.html, I addressed the drives as cdrom or cdrom1. This Xitami 
understood and took me right to the drive I wanted. I found that the .html could be written 
as ;
	<a href="http://the-beast.hn.org/cdrom/main-index.html"></a>
			or
	<a href="cdrom/main-index.html"></a> 
	(NB: Neither line specifies the drive by a letter only as cdrom) I decided to use 
the shorter of the two, I'm lazy.

	Then from another system I went out on the web and tested it and it worked 
fine.

	So I have to thank you again for at least getting me out of the cycle of how to 
address drive E:\...it was getting very frustrating. Sort of like the old BBS days. The 
standing joke was everything worked locally, but not remotely. <LOL>....

	Hope this helps someone else in the future and if there's anyone with some 
more tips for using externals, I'd love to hear from them.

	Eric Hamel
>On the html page are the links constructed as ftp:// or http://
>
>If /webpages is your root folder for your site, can any http access be
>outside of that root folder?  It could be that if the links are accessed via
>http the link could not access outside of your /webpages folder.  Just a
>thought.
>
>Peter
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "eric" <erh51@yahoo.com>
>To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 6:46 AM
>Subject: [Xitami] Can't access cd rom through web pages
>
>
>> I need help! I'm begining to feel very stupid, right now.
>>
>> I'm running Xotami under WinNT 4 (and a friend is running it under
>Win98SE).
>> Everything works fine locally, the cd rom gets accessed and the data is
>available....until
>> you connect in from the Net. Then it is a 404, the url can't be found.
>>
>> I'm also using a Dynamic DNS (Hammer Node)
>>
>> The site index.html is in /webpages and it is directed by .html to the
>cdrom (E:\)
>> and refuses to see it or loses it when trying to access it.
>>
>> I have been able to access the drives through ftp and transfer data from
>them.
>> I have changed Aliases and .html's until my fingers are ready to fall off
><LOL>.
>>
>> Can someone give me a Dummies explanation of what Xitami needs in order to
>> access the cdrom?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
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