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How do I administer /var/www?

I'm new to Linux and I'm trying to setup a small testing server inside of a VM running Ubuntu Server. I've found the /var/www folder and it should be the one where my Apache documents are stored, in ...
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What does wwws mean?

I've seen a couple of sites that use wwws in their domain, for example: wwws.mint.com and wwws.whitehouse.gov. I'm sure it has something to do with an extra layer of security. What does it mean and ...
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Can't reach facebook site, ping works [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How do I diagnose not being able to reach a specific website as an end user? Hi All My country has filtered Facebook. When I use ping www.facebook.com, all packets are ...
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Is the www in web addresses a subdomain? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Whats the purpose of the WWW subdomain? I read about sub domains at w3schools, but Wikipedia says something different. The w3schools gave the example of www being a sub ...
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Domain issues with WWW [closed]

I have this domain that I recently brought: But if I access to: It shows the website where I brought the domain from, why is it doing this?
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How are so many webcams on servers which have URL ~ \view\index.shtml?

How does this happen? Why do all these webcams have similar HTTP access URLs?
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Where File converted Manually? [closed]

I used many Sites on internet to Convert my Files online but they does not give the better quality they paste the images on it. Now I want to that the sites are convert it manually for better result. ...
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Settings permissions on /var/www

I'm running ubuntu server and have apache installed as a web server. I'm letting my web developers upload files through sftp (ssh) to /var/www. I'm using www-data group to control access to /var/www ...
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Why the difference in the URL formatting?

Why is that some URL's end with .html while some do not, while most of them are HTML pages? Why is that some URL's begin with www and some do not, while all of them are on World Wide Web?
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Some web sites don't come up until I reload the page?

I have a problem with some web sites where the first time I hit the site, the web browser says "connecting" and then it will time out. If I hit the site again, it will load just fine. If I browse ...
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What is the maximum size of a cookie, and how many can be stored in a browser for each web site?

I am learning about cookies, and I wonder about browser support: For each domain/web site, how many cookies may be sent to a browser, and of what size? If multiple cookies are sent and stored, does ...
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How to set up www cname for free dyndns subdomain

I have a free dyndns domain mk12.gotdns.com How can I set up a cname for www.mk12.gotdns.com to point to mk12.gotdns.com? And how can I force the www one, so that if you navigate to ...
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What is the purpose of the WWW subdomain?

What's the point of having www.? Isn't it just useless extra text? Since everyone is used to it, www.google.com looks more well-balanced than google.com, but why did it start in the first place? One ...
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firefox: don't save error pages in history

Can I configure Firefox so that error pages are not kept in the history? If I enter once a mistaken URL, say superusre.com, it is kept in my history. Every time I start typing supe... it is suggested ...
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m.www.yahoo.com - an illusion (subdomain subdomain)? or something stranger

I just noticed this URL as I checked my yahoo account (secondary, yay gmail). I've never seen a URL like this with a string before the www. Is this an illusion (the www is a subdomain that just ...