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Posted by Ken on 11/23/05 08:02
Hi Scott -
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:02:26 -0600, Scott <golden@uslink.net> wrote:
>Please pardon my density, but where exactly is the "host root"? Is this the
>same place where I upload all my website files to my account on the host's
>server?
The host root is wherever the files reside that are served for
http://www.example.com/[file]
The actual location on the hard drive depends on the server software
and configuration.
For example, the host root for my main website
http://www.ke9nr.net/
is
/save/internet/www/sites/www.ke9nr.net
That's not at all standard. The directory layout is the way that it
is because of the way I have the partitions set up and how I want to
do things. I configured Apache to match my directory structure, not
the other way around. (I have my own domains and my own server so I
can do as I please.)
If you don't have your own domain it is unlikely that you will have
access to the host root. E.g. if your ISP were example.net and your
files are accessed at http://www.example.net/~user/, it's unlikely
that you are going to be able to upload a robots.txt file so that it
is accessible at http://www.example.net/robots.txt. Uploading a
robots.txt so that it is accessible at
http://www.example.net/~user/robots.txt isn't going to work.
--
Ken
http://www.ke9nr.net/
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