Re: [SOLVED] dynamic IP for publicfile

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On Monday 18 November 2002 17:45, Paul Jarc wrote:
> Alexandros Papadopoulos <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I just needed to create a symbolic link to /public/file/0/ with my
> > IP
>
> You only need to do that if browsers are actually sending
> "Host: 1.2.3.4" in the HTTP header.  If they are sending
> "Host: www.your.domain", then you just need a symlink for that name
> (which presumably will not change when your address changes).

Yeap, I do need this, as I don't have a domain registered, and I just 
use a quick'n'dirty redirect page hack to point people to my 
ever-changing IP.

>
> > and restart publicfile, each time my IP changed.
>
> You don't need to do that.  publicfile's httpd is started by
> tcpserver for each connection, so it will always see the latest
> contents of /public/file/.
>

Yes, learned that! :-)

Thanks for the help guys.

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