CONTROL PANEL
Control Panel General Info
All accounts come with our control account cpanel. You can access your control panel http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/
or you may use, http://your ip adderss/cpanel/
You will be asked to enter your username / password to gain access to your configuration. The control panel
is pretty much self explanatory however a little information on the usage of each section is included below if
you get confused along the way
FTP Accounts
Accounts Used for managing access accounts to your web space. The creation of an FTP account will allow users to
log into a sub directory from your main account without gaining access to your main accounts. Sessions show any
users that are currently logged into your domain. Settings allow you to modify access to your anonymous FTP site.
CGI
We have numerous customizable cgi scripts that have been pre-installed on the server for you to use with your own
account. The only thing you'll need to do is select the script you are interested in using, select the colors,
style etc., and click the
"Make HTML" button. You can then paste the HTML output into any of your HTML files to use that system
cgi program. These scripts are provided as-is. We do not provide support for these scripts unless it is an issue
which effects all users.
Java
System Java works the exact same was as cgi see above for usage.
Web Page Protection
Web page protection is used to limit access to any directory to users who enter a username/password combo. To protect
a directory within your account
1.) Click on that dir.
2.) Enter a username / password for access
3.) Click add. You can add as many users as you wish to this file. This protection is for resources accessed via
the WEB only, this will not create an FTP user.
Do not use this if you are also using FrontPage. It is not compatible. Instead, use the security controls within
FrontPage itself.
E-MAIL
The control panel allows you to create E-mail POP3 accounts, forwards, and aliases.
"Add/Remove accounts" allows you to set up POP3 E-mail accounts such as someone@yourdomain.com A default
POP3 primary account with your Aussieland username & password will be automatically created when we set up
your account. We suggest that you add a POP3 account with a username of your choice and then set this E-mail address
as the Default Address.
POP3 accounts can be received by your E-mail software.
For the primary account use:
username = someone (replace someone with your Aussieland account username)
For POP3 accounts that you have added use:
username = someone@yourdomain.com (replace someone with the username)
password = the password you chose for the account.
POP3 and SMTP servers = mail.yourdomain.com.
To send E-mails from Outlook Express, choose "My server requires authentication"
Click the settings button and choose "Log on using" and enter your username and password as above. Do
not choose "Use the same settings as my incoming mail server" as some antivirus programs can change the
incoming mail settings. Other E-mail programs may need the "Receive before Sending E-mails" or similar
setting in order for you to be able to send mail.
"Web Mail" will also allow you to read your POP3 mail using your browser. You can also access this
by going to http://mail.aussieland.net. Same rules apply for username as above. This is handy when you are travelling
as it allows you to read your mail from any computer connected to the internet. The mail will remain on the server
unless you delete it and you can then download it all when you return home. When using other computers please ensure
that the browser does not save your password.
"Forwarders" allows you to set up an E-mail address to be forwarded to:
another POP3 account on Aussielands server (an alias) OR
another E-mail address not on Aussielands server (forwarding).
"Auto-Responders" allows you to send automated responses to the sender.
"Block an E-mail" allows you to block E-mails from particular sender or to block E-mails from any sender
based on keywords you enter into the blocking filters. The filters that you add here will affect the E-mails sent
to all your E-mail accounts.
Please note that mail cannot be sent to your subdomains at this stage even though they show up in your account.
eg you@subdomain.domain.com
Access Stats
Provides access to many different programs that will analyze your access logs and show you more information about
your web sites traffic.
Password
Allows you to change your main accounts password. A good suggestion is to change this password at least once a
month.
File Manager
Allows you to modify the files in your web site in real-time via a web based interface. You can perform many commands
such as chmod as well as actually edit the file and save it directly to the web server.
Java Chat
Allows you to access your personal java chat server and supplies the code for you to use the product on your own
site.
Handlers / Types
You will probably never need to use this portion of your control panel. A MIME type is basically what tells the
web server that a .html document is a web page, and that a .gif doc is a gif image etc. If you would like to configure
a custom MIME type such as making .pictures a gif image file you would enter it here.
Error Editor
This section lets you customize the errors that your users will see instead of the generic server errors. You could
setup a 404 page to redirect users to your main web site instead of the default dead document.
What do the various error codes mean?
-100 Informative
-100 Continue
-101 Switching Protocols
-200 Client Request Successful
-200 OK
-201 Created
-202 Accepted
-203 Non-Authoritative Information
-204 No Content
-205 Reset Content
-206 Partial Content
-300 Client Request Redirected, further action necessary
-300 Multiple Choices
-301 Moved Permanently
-302 Moved Temporarily
-303 See Other
-304 Not Modified (This means the file was loaded from the browser cache instead of being resent by the server)
-305 Use Proxy
-400 Client request incomplete
-400 Bad Request
-401 Unauthorized
-402 Payment Required
-403 Forbidden
-404 Not Found 405 Method Not Allowed
-406 Not Acceptable
-407 Proxy Authentication Required
-408 Request Time-Out
-409 Conflict
-410 Gone
-411 Length Required
-412 Precondition Failed
-413 Request Entity Too Large
-414 Request-URL Too Large
-415 Unsupported Media Type
-500 Server errors
-500 Server Error
-501 Not Implemented
-502 Bad Gateway
-503 Out of Resources
-504 Gateway Time-Out
-505 HTTP Version not supported
E-Mail Issues
Can't send mail
Our SMTP servers are configured as secure relays. This means that you cannot simply reference "mail.yourdomain.com"
as an Outgoing mailserver unless you successfully log in via one of your pop3 accounts at "mail.yourdomain.com'
before you try to send. This is a mandatory setting to prevent spammers from using our mailservers as havens for
unsolicited email. If you are getting a "relaying prohibited" or "disconnected by administrator"
error, it means that you haven't logged into the pop3 server at your domain before you tried to send through the
smtp server at your domain. To log in, you need to check for mail first.
In addition to this, you might not be able to send regardless of if you check mail successfully. Some ISPs have
it set so that their users cannot use an outbound SMTP server to relay messages. If you are still experiencing
problems sending through your domain, and are certain that you have logged in via pop3 to an account at your domain,
you might want to contact your local ISP to see if they do allow their users to use outbound smtp servers.
Your default root email account
Every account starts out with a default "catch-all" account for its domain. This email box will grab
all mail heading to ANYNAME@yourdomain.com. The login for this box is simply the same main account login you received
after signing up. Thus, if your root account is "test@homepage.net" (login of "homepage" -
first 8 letters of your domain), there is no need to request an alias to your root account, because all names under
your domain already are filtered into this account.
Problems resolving your mailhost
If you find that you can't get "mail.yourdomain.com" to resolve as a valid SMTP or POP3 server, please
be sure that your domain is registered to our nameservers. Also, try clearing out your cache and cookies and then
restarting your computer. in some cases your registration was not completed by the registrar.
Any Username And Password Error
The main cause for this is trying to access the e-mail account with the wrong user / password. If this is NOT your
primary e-mail account remember to use the full email address (user@domain.com) as your user name for logging in.
If all else fails, simply remove, and then recreate the account with your mail control panel.
If none of this helps, then most likely the pop3 box in question has a received a corrupted message. Contact support
and tell them to clear that box out. Usually this results in most or all of that particular mailbox's contents
being erased.
Tip #1
Remember to always use "mail.yourdomain.com" as the incoming (pop3) and outgoing (smtp) server in your
local email client, such as Outlook Express.
Tip #2
In the Cpanel mail control center, the forwarding function provides forwarding to outer address, and can be used
to alias one account to another. Thus, if you want mike@homepage.net to head to a pop3 account of slim@aol.com,
use a forward to make this happen.
Tip #3
All POP email boxes EXCEPT the default account use the full email address (user@domain.com) as the user name for
logging in.
Tip #4
Your "default address" is the root catch-all mailbox. It receives messages heading to all addresses which
aren't setup as unique pop accounts within your domain. Keep in mind that the default address account does NOT
use the full email address format, like other pop accounts. The login for your default address is the same as the
main FTP login for your account.
Tip #5
If it seems that you cannot lock a pop3 account to retrieve messages for any reason, the quickest way to solve
this for yourself is to delete and recreate the account with your /cpanel. This saves time as it bypasses asking
our support staff for assistance. Yes, the changes you make to your email items with your /cpanel are done in real
time.
List mail is held for administrative approval because of "implicit destination"
In the web-based list administration interface, go to 'Privacy options' and 'Spam-specific posting filters' (mid-page).
In the text box for "Alias names (regexps) which qualify as explicit to or cc destination names for this list",
enter the email address of the list.
FRONT PAGE
Front Page General Info
FrontPage extensions are included free upon request with all accounts. Keep in mind that you will need a copy of
the FrontPage program from Microsoft before you can begin following the directions below
If your account is Plan 2 or lower, please remember that your domain name will need to be activated on our nameservers
before FrontPage will be available to your account.
Login
Choose "Open FrontPage Web" from the File Menu in FrontPage Explorer. It will ask you for a Web Server
of File Location. Enter http://yourdomain.com and then "list webs". Next, you will need to select (double-click)
the root web. The requested login and password will be the same as your FTP account.
Usage
FrontPage supplies you with two separate interfaces. The FrontPage explorer is used to manage the files within
your web site. If you open a file in your web site another program called FrontPage Editor will open. When you
are connected to your web then all changes made to any file you edit will be saved to your web.
*Note: Although the software documentation states that you can create the site on your computer and then "publish"
it to the web server, we do not recommend this. Many times publishing to the server from your computer will loose
the Interactive web bots features that you may have setup when designing your site on your local computer. We recommend
that you create your entire site by being connected to your web and saving directly to the server. To move files
already created on your web site use the Import command found under the File menu within FrontPage Explorer to
select the files to import to the server. This is by far the best method for moving files from your hard drive
to the server. Using FTP to upload is not recommended as this may overwrite important files. Also, do not edit
.htaccess files since FP uses these.
Additional support documents and complete usage instructions can be found at Microsoft's official FrontPage Home
Page. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage
SSL
What is SSL?
Secure Socket Layers provide a means for submitting encrypted data via the web. SSL works based upon a public key
/ certificate system. As data is transmitted it is encrypted into 40 bit encryption and the web server then decrypts
the data once it is transmitted. In the rare occasion that the data was stolen during the transmission process
the only data that they would be would be encrypted which means that viewing it would show nothing but letters,
numbers, and symbols randomly mixed.
How dose SSL work?
In order for this process to work without many warning messages from IE and Netscape about possible security hazards
a certificate must be obtained from a trusted source. A certificate is only good for one domain name. Our certificates
has been purchased from Thawte for usage with a variety of certificates at the "aussieland.net" domain.
How do I add this feature?
If you would like to enable SSL on your account contact Aussieland and ask to take advantage of this feature. If
you would like to have your own certificate installed so that customers can navigate your site via https://www.yourdomain.com
you will have to purchase your own certificate and have us generate a key request and install it on the server.
We recommend using Thawte for this purpose. Once you have the key from thawte, Aussieland will install it for you.
We can purchase and install the certificate if you wish.
SSI
What is SSI?
Server Side Includes
When using a UNIX system it is sometimes necessary to enable certain HTML files executable for the purpose of using
SSI. Server Side Includes are often used to run a cgi script. An include is called with an example such as this.
After you insert your include, you must mark the HTML file as executable so the server will parse the file. This
is done using one of two options.
1.) Renaming the file to .shtml. On our server any file name .shtml will be parsed. So instead of having an index.html
file, you would name it index.shtml. This is the easiest way of enabling includes.
2.) CHMODing the file to 777. With CHMOD 777 you can also mark a file as executable. It is important to only make
the files which you want parsed executable. This poses certain security issues, as well as a strain on our resources,
as the processor has to work harder to parse a file.
Reasons for Using SSI
SSI is often used to include something into an HTML page. You can insert the contents of one HTML page into another
page. An example of a practical usage for this would be to include your e-mail address at the bottom of each page.
If you do this as an include, then when your e-mail address changes, you will only have to update it on one page
and not your entire web site. Another usage is to call cgi scripts into action. Many counters, clocks, and other
scripts are called using SSI. The command used will most likely be provided in the documentation of your cgi script.
CGI
What is CGI?
CGI, Common Gateway Interface, includes programs that run on the server to enhance the quality and functionality
of a web site. There are many resources on-line that allow the downloading of free cgi scripts.
( For instance http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/ )
or ( http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/ )
Do you allow CGI to run on your servers?
We do allow running of cgi scripts on the servers, however they must conform to our acceptable server resource
usage policy. If we deem that a script is using an excessive amount of server resources, it will be disabled.
Whats the correct path to perl?
Before a cgi script will work certain modifications must be made to them. Certain paths must be specified in some
scripts. After the "#" in the first line of the perl script, the path to perl must be specified. /usr/bin/perl
should suffice for this path. Below is a printout of a "whereis perl" from our system.
perl: /usr/bin/perl
What is the path to send mail?
Another program that needs to be specified in many scripts is sendmail. This is located at /usr/lib/sendmail
What is the exact physical path to your root directory on the webserver?
The path to your root directory is
/home/username/
Obviously, substitute "username" with the login you were assigned when you first received your account
details. Also, keep in mind that when you configure your CGI, that your /public_html is included in your path.
For instance, if you have a guestbook.pl script in your /cgi-bin, the exact physical path to that file is
/home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/guestbook.pl
Why doesn't my CGI work?
Make sure when you upload the CGI file DO NOT upload in binary mode, instead use ASCII mode. Uploading in binary
will cause the server not to recognize the scripts as executables. Most FTP clients will upload .pl or .cgi files
in binary mode by default so you will need to change this. You will need to upload the scripts into your cgi-bin
directory for security reasons, however they will execute from anywhere within your account.
The last step is to set the file permissions. This is otherwise known as chmoding and can be done from most FTP
clients. For specifics on chmoding you can refer to our "chmoding files" help section.
CHMOD
CHMOD General Info
When using a UNIX system it is sometimes necessary to change file permissions. This is done using the CHMOD command.
There are two different ways to chmod a file.
Certain FTP clients such as Cute FTP and WS/FTP Pro allow for a chmoding directly within FTP. To do this you would
highlight the file that you want to use, and select from the command menu "change file permissions."
There is on option for "manual." This is where you will enter the desired CHMOD. Many other FTP clients
will support CHMODing as well, we recommend checking the documentation.
Reasons for CHMODING
CHMODing files can be done for a variety of reasons. You can CHMOD files to do things such as mark them executable,
give them write permission, restrict access to them, and a variety of other reasons. It is important to note that
chmoding is nearly impossible to avoid. If you are trying to run a certain cgi script it could require execute
permissions on the script itself, write permissions on a directory, and read on an informational page. Your cgi
scripts should contain the proper documentation to inform you of the proper CHMOD's.
List of CHMOD's and what they mean
chmod 777 filename The file is available for Read, Write, and Execute for the owner, group, and world.
chmod 755 filename The file is available for Read, Write, and Execute for the owner; and Read and Execute only
for the group and world.
chmod 644 filename The file is available for Read and Write for the owner, and Read only for the group and world.
chmod 666 filename The file is available for Read and Write for the owner, group, and world. I wonder if the 666
number is just a coincidence. Anybody can create havoc with your files with this wide-open permission mask.
