
Chapter 16. Information Bays (i-bays)
You now need to fill out the form providing the information and making the choices described below. Note that the ftp access described below can be
overridden by the FTP access limits setting on the Remote access panel of the server manager. If you choose to "Disable public FTP access" there,
ftp access for individual i-bays will not be allowed, even though you will appear to be able to enable it from the i-bay configuration screen.
• Information bay name: This is the short name of the i-bay (subject to the 12-character length restriction mentioned earlier). The i-bay name will
be what users will enter in the URL after the hostname to access the i-bay from the web. For instance, if public access is enabled, an i-bay named
’intranet’ can be accessed by the Pagan Vegan staff at ’http://www.tofu-dog.com/intranet/’.
• Brief description: This text will appear in various administrative screens and can be a useful reminder of the i-bay content.
• Group: Ownership of the i-bay content is assigned to an existing group. The group ownership plays a role in the next setting for user access.
• User access: You need to decide who will be able to add and modify content in the i-bay and who will be able to read the content.
• Public access: Here you set what type of public access you wish to have for the i-bay. If the i-bay is just to be used by a small group of users, you
can leave public access set to the default of None. If you want others to be able to access the i-bay via web or anonymous ftp, you can choose to
allow access to just the local network or the wider Internet. You also can choose whether or not you wish to require a password.
Note: If you choose one of the modes of Public access via web or anonymous ftp that requires a password, public access will not be available
until you set the i-bay password from the main information bay panel in the server manager. Once you do so, users can access the i-bay through
their web browser or ftp by using the i-bay name and i-bay password, rather than their own user name and password.
• Execution of CGI scripts: If you want to use CGI scripts to add functionality to your web site, you can execute those scripts from the cgi-bin
directory of your i-bay. However, for security reasons you must first choose enabled here to allow such scripts to be executed.
Once done filling out the form, click the Create button and the server manager will create your i-bay. If you wish to change these settings at any later
point, you can click on Modify... next to the i-bay name in the information bays panel of the server manager.
16.4. Modifying an i-bay
At any point in time you can modify the attributes of an i-bay (except for its name) by clicking on the "Modify..." link next to the i-bay name on the
"Information bays" panel of the server manager. For instance, you can easily change the description, group ownership, and access methods.
There are, however, a few items to be aware of when modifying i-bays:
• If an i-bay is set for no public access via web or anonymous ftp, users connecting to the i-bay through Windows or Macintosh file sharing will see
only the contents of the files directory. However, if the i-bay settings are later changed to allow public access through web or anonymous ftp,
users connecting through file sharing will then see the top-level directory of the i-bay with the three subdirectories of html, files and
cgi-bin. The items they were used to seeing before will now be found in the files directory. This may disrupt Windows shortcuts and
configuration settings. (The good news is that simply changing the public access setting back to "None" will return i-bay file sharing access to its
previous configuration.)
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