ad-hoc web server

Hi,
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In order to avoid viruses and things I use knoppix to access the
internet
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Now, sometimes I need to setup an ad-hoc web server to show case some
work. I don't need a domain name to be resolve, nor do I need this
permanently
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I thought all I had to do is:
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1) set up my router to forward http request to port 80 to the IP
address of the internal box where I
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2) have a service running accepting connections and serving pages on
port 80 from a USB external drive
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But when I went to check this from a local internet caffee I was
404'ed
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What else do I need to do?
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Thanks
lbrtchx

Am Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:51:48 -0800 schrieb lbrtchx:

> 1) set up my router to forward http request to port 80 to the IP
> address of the internal box where I

Did you DNAT?

> 2) have a service running accepting connections and serving pages on
> port 80 from a USB external drive
> ~
> But when I went to check this from a local internet caffee I was
> 404'ed
> ~
> What else do I need to do?

Watch the error logfile check that the webserver uses the right location,
probably you have running a virtual host then you need the host: part in
http/1.1.

cheers

> Did you DNAT?
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I am not sure if I DNATed or not, but I did set up the router to
forward external requests on port 80 to the internal address of the
box (192.168.1.???) that was picked up using DHCP. I used to do that
same thing when I owned a domain name and I don't remember having any
trouble setting it up
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> Watch the error logfile check that the webserver uses the right location,
> probably you have running a virtual host then you need the host: part in
> http/1.1.
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OK. What do you mean, when you say "check that the webserver uses the
right location"?
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This is what I see when I run lsof
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sh-3.1# lsof -i -n -P
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
pump 2725 root 0u IPv4 7650 TCP *:68 (LISTEN)
java 3622 root 10u IPv6 10823 TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
java 3622 root 18u IPv6 10826 TCP *:8009 (LISTEN)
java 3622 root 19u IPv6 10830 TCP 127.0.0.1:8005 (LISTEN)
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lbrtchx

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:51:48 -0800 (PST), (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi,
> ~
> In order to avoid viruses and things I use knoppix to access the
> internet
> ~
> Now, sometimes I need to setup an ad-hoc web server to show case some
> work. I don't need a domain name to be resolve, nor do I need this
> permanently
> ~
> I thought all I had to do is:
> ~
> 1) set up my router to forward http request to port 80 to the IP
> address of the internal box where I
> ~
> 2) have a service running accepting connections and serving pages on
> port 80 from a USB external drive
> ~
> But when I went to check this from a local internet caffee I was
> 404'ed
> ~
> What else do I need to do?

Does Knoppix run a web server by default? Maybe you have to start it up
or configure it.

Bob T.

(E-Mail Removed) schrieb:

> OK. What do you mean, when you say "check that the webserver uses the
> right location"?

He means that when you get a 404 everything on layer 3 is working fine.
This means your router is doing it's job just as it should, just the
webserver (application layer 7!) is not configured correctly.

Regards,
Johannes

--
"Meine Gegenklage gegen dich lautet dann auf bewusste Verlogenheit,
verlästerung von Gott, Bibel und mir und bewusster Blasphemie."
-- Prophet und Visionär Hans Joss aka HJP in de.sci.physik
<48d8bf1d$0$7510$(E-Mail Removed)>

> ... just the webserver (application layer 7!) is not configured correctly.
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I think this is not the case since it is what I checked first and it
works just fine when I go
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http://192.168.X.X/
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lbrtchx