[ale] Web server issues - resolved I think

[James P. Kinney III]

Cool! It looks up and running now.

Hmm. Birdfeeder cam. Maybe I should set up the "cat food cam" so I can
see just how often my fat cat plops face down in the bowl.

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 04:39 -0500, Jim Seymour wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 02:34:27PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > What port are you on?  Is "motion" actually running on
> > wingbarscafe.com?
> > 
> > 
> > Thus spake Jim Seymour (bluejay at speedfactory.net):
> > 
> > > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 02:09:41PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Look at your config file.  There is a setting:
> > > > 
> > > > # Restrict webcam connections to localhost only (default: on)
> > > > webcam_localhost off
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thus spake Jim Seymour (bluejay at speedfactory.net):
> > > > 
> > > > > I am running out of ideas as to what the problem is here. I have
> > > > > an outdoor webcam sending a feed to a website hosted on another
> > > > > system. The webcam server is part of the motion package and is
> > > > > running on a Debian testing system. I can watch the feed without
> > > > > problem on my own system (the system sending the feed). Anyone
> > > > > else that tries to access it gets a denied message. A test of my
> > > > > firewall shows the port as open. I can't figure out if the
> > > > > problem is in my hosts.allow or whatever. The iptables rules
> > > > > have input and output rules to accept connections on the port
> > > > > and my logs do not show it being dropped. Googling has not
> > > > > provided me with the answer. Ideas? The address if you want try
> > > > > is www.wingbarscafe.com and is using the cambozola java applet
> > > > > to direct the feed.
> > > > > 
> > > 
> > > I already have the webcam_localhost off setting :-( Other ideas?
> > > 
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> The webpage itself is hosted by Omnis Hosting. The cabozola applet on
> their server pulls the image from my machine which is running the motion
> program. Port 8090 seemed to be a decent choice for this project. I
> really appreciate all the fine members trying to reach the site. I will
> get the spouse to tell her family about it to see if they can access it
> okay. This going live has been a very long time coming.
> 
> Thanks again to all,
> 
> Jim Seymour
> 
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