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[tnsage]

Once more I plague this site and ask for help
I do realise that I have managed to fix my previous 2 posts myself, but this time I have tried and do not want to screw up my box

I have Lighttpd running fine and dandy on Port 8080, I may change it to 80 later on.

I want to add some paths to the web server

for instance ***.***.*.** is my IP address
***.***.*.**:8080/Installs to reach my installs packages, with read only perms, or read write.

I guess it is simple, but I am unsure

Regards

Tim

Loving this little black box

[HSishi]

The keyword is "alias". Use this in the lighttpd.conf and you can route any folder of the NAS into your webserver.

But - for the sake of access and r/w protection, you might need username and PW protection. For that, check google for ".htaccess".

//HSishi

[tnsage]

I can not find an "alias" section in my config file.

Also I have looked on several sites, and the usages of alias are simply gobledygook

do I need to create a section called "alias
Another site says I have to have a mod_alias added to the mods section.

I am reluctant to mess around with advice that seems vague as I do not want to crash my little box

My web root structure is this
server.document-root        = "/mnt/HD_a2/WWW/pages/"

I want to add
what should go here = "/mnt/HD_a2/WWW/pages/Installs"

Using ftp the actual location is installs is /Volume_1/Share/Installs

I map this as S: at the mo but want to loose the map in preference of the web server

Love Unix, but IIs is a doddle

Tim

[dosborne]

Not too sure what you are trying to do, but any subdiretories that you create in the www root location will be accessible on the URL.

So, if you create a path "/mnt/HD_a2/WWW/pages/Installs" and put files in there, it should be [ip address]:8080/installs/[filename]

However, it sounds like you actually want to to point to a different location. You could create a shortcut in /mnt/HD_a2/WWW/pages called "installs" that points to /mnt/HD_a2/Share/Installs (?)


Alternatively, you can create an alias to do the same thing
alias.url = ( "/installs/" => "/mnt/HD_a2/Share/Installs /" )

[tnsage]

OK I copied
alias.url = ( "/installs/" => "/mnt/HD_a2/Share/Installs /" )

exactly as you typed it
I put it 1 line below server.document-root in the lighttpd.conf file

when I type in the address to the box http://storage:8080/installs/

Google Chrome gives me an oops page not found

where am I going wrong, are there some lines I need to un-comment to activate this

Regards

Tim

[dosborne]

Do you have any files in that directory? index.html for example? Try specifying a file name.

[tnsage]

Directory browsing is on by default, and there are 20 gigs of files

Regards

Tim

Confused.com

[HSishi]

You must also activate the "alias" module in the lighttpd.conf file. Check the "server modules" list for a line

#                               "mod_alias",

and remove the "#".

After this, you can add several lines like the form

alias.url = ( "/sharename/" => "/path/" )

for example

alias.url = ( "/music/" => "/mnt/HD_b2/home/media/" )

would make the folder "/home/media/ on the HD in the left (!) bay accessible via
http://[adress]/music

After you have done all modifications to the lighttpd.conf, you need to restart the lighttpd:

Code: [Select]

cd /ffp/start
sh lighttpd.sh restart
//HSishi

[tnsage]

Thanks a million

Looks like what I am looking for.

Will try this in the morning and let you know.

Regards

Tim

[tnsage]

Woooooooo HOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo

Guess I am a sado, but these things make me a happy bunny

All working now

Regards

Tim