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Linux WWW HOWTO

by Mr. Poet, poet@linuxports.com

v0.85, 21 August 1999

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This document contains information about setting up WWW services under Linux (both server and client). It tries not to be a in detail manual but an overview and a good pointer to further information.

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1. Introduction

• 1.1 Copyright
• 1.2 Feedback
• 1.3 New versions of this Document

2. Setting up WWW client software (Antiquated)

• 2.1 Overview

3. Lynx

• 3.1 Where to get

4. Emacs-W3

• 4.1 Where to get

5. Netscape Navigator/Communicator

• 5.1 Different versions and options.
• 5.2 Where to get
• 5.3 Installing

6. Setting up WWW server systems

• 6.1 Overview

7. Apache

• 7.1 Where to get
• 7.2 Compiling and Installing
• 7.3 Configuring
• 7.4 Hosting virtual websites
• 7.5 CGI scripts
• 7.6 Users Web Directories
• 7.7 Daemon mode vs. Inetd mode
• 7.8 Allowing put and delete commands
• 7.9 User Authentication/Access Control
• 7.10 su-exec
• 7.11 Imagemaps
• 7.12 SSI/XSSI
• 7.13 Module system

8. Web Server Add-ons

9. Intranet Section

• 9.1 What is required
• 9.2 New versions of this document
• 9.3 Feedback

10. Install the HTTP server

• 10.1 Preparation before downloading
• 10.2 Compiling HTTPd

11. Testing HTTPd

12. Connecting to the Linux Server

• 12.1 Setup the Linux server
• 12.2 Setup the Netware server
• 12.3 Setup the Netware Client
• 12.4 Setup Microsoft Client
• 12.5 Setup TCP/IP on Macintosh

13. Setting up the Intranet

• 13.1 NCPFS
• 13.2 SMBFS
• 13.3 NFS

14. Accessing the Web

• 14.1 Accessing the mounted filesystems
• 14.2 Connecting to the Internet
• 14.3 Other uses

15. More things to do

16. Credits and Legalities

• 16.1 Thanks
• 16.2 Copyright information

17. For further reading

• 17.1 O'Reilly & Associates Books
• 17.2 Internet Request For Comments (RFC)

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