HTTP 404 Errors

[jlbenedict]

Ok.. college has a hosting domain to submit all my coursework..
Lets say, http://www.domain-unix.com
my home directory is ~myhome

I upload an HTML file .. lets say File.html
Chmod 755 file.html

Now.. shouldn't I be able to type into my web browser: http://www.domain-unix.com/~myhome/File.html and access this resource??


I keep getting a 404 error

 

[Cloud Strife]

What happens when you go to http://www.domain-unix.com/~myhome ?

 

[Pheran]

Whether or not content from home directories will be served at all is completely dependent on the configuration of the web server, but often you need to put the content in some subdirectory of your home directory (like public_html) for it to be visible on the web.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife
What happens when you go to http://www.domain-unix.com/~myhome ?

I get a 403 "Forbidden" error for that..

Pheran, I've tried that as well.. placing it in the public_html folder; I get the same 404 error.


This is irritating me.. the course instructions tell me to place my file.html in my root directory. Then they tell me to use my web browswer to find my file that I uploaded and test my html file (form to communicate with cgi script, formmail).

 

[jlbenedict]

Dummy me.. ok.. I'm good to go now.

Permissions on my home directory were not right.