Problem in UNIX-BOX

[eeeboy]

I am in a problem. I think its a very silly problem but believe me I m stuck in it !!

Suppose I have a RHLinux box named killer.net . Now I have an user named xtc. Web server has been installed here. Now, when ever i give http://xtc.killer.net , the browser shows me the page which is located in my /home/xtc/public_html and named index.html.

I guess so far its correct. Now comes the probelm. IF i create a folder suppose named hacker and put a file like BNC.gz (say). Now if a place a url named http://xtc.killer.net/hacker/bnc.gz ..the browser returns nothin fruitful than a page showing THE FILE COULD NOT BE FOUND IN THE SERVER.

So plz help me . I need this solution asap for some file hosting.This may b due to proper permission. But I have tried both. I mean chmod 644 * or chmod -rw-r--r--..nothin works for me :[ Infact In my shell if I have logged as a non root user [but as a user under which acc that public_html placed] I can't access them due to not having proper permissions. Looking forward to get help from you.

[Will.Spencer]

What happens if you store the files in the web root, such as http://xtc.killer.net/bnc.gz ?

What do the Apache access and error logs tell you?

[eeeboy]

sorry cant get your point properly.

Are you talkig about to put the files in /home/user_name location ??

I am not so much expert in this stuffs .so if you wirte more elaborately that would be more helpful.

Again thanx and thanx for your co-op.

[Will.Spencer]

Originally Posted by eeeboy

Are you talkig about to put the files in /home/user_name location ??

Yes.

The location and naming of Apache log files is configurable, so I can't tell you exactly where your log file will be.

If I recall correctly, the default location for Red Hat is /etc/httpd/logs/. I would take a look there for information to aid in troubleshooting.