Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Mike Hagerty wrote: > Okay, here is my limited understanding of apache ... > When you set the port to 8000 in /etc/apache/httpd.conf - you are telling > apache to listen on port 8000 > for requests to serve, rather than on the default port (80). > > However, this m

Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Hagerty
Okay, here is my limited understanding of apache ... When you set the port to 8000 in /etc/apache/httpd.conf - you are telling apache to listen on port 8000 for requests to serve, rather than on the default port (80). However, this means that users must access your site by adding ": 8000" to

Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Eric Covener
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Mike Hagerty wrote: > I don't know if this is something apache can do (i.e., if it can change the > default port for http://www.mysite.com from 80 to 8000) >  or if I need to accomplish it outside of apache (find some software that > maps port 80 to port 8000) ?

Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Eric Covener
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Mike Hagerty wrote: > I'm kind of surprised (doubtful) that I would be the first person to ask > this -- other sites that have to use higher ports must wonder if the added > burden of remembering/typing the port no. in the url deters users from > finding their sit

Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Hagerty
Hi. As I stated, I am behind a firewall that is controlled remotely, so port 80 is blocked (unless your come in from within our domain). I have successfully run it for several years on port 8000 (any port > 1024 would do) but I would like to have it so that the port number does not need to be

Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Thomas, Peter wrote: > No, there isn't. There are--or were--providers like dyndns that would also > do port and server re-mapping in addition to dynamic DNS aliasing. > > Mike Hagerty wrote: > > Hello. > Forgive me if this has been handled in the Archives. I've

Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Thomas, Peter
No, there isn't. There are--or were--providers like dyndns that would also do port and server re-mapping in addition to dynamic DNS aliasing. Mike Hagerty wrote: Hello. Forgive me if this has been handled in the Archives. I've tried searching different key words but I haven't found anything. I

Re: [us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Mike Hagerty wrote: > Hello. > Forgive me if this has been handled in the Archives. I've tried searching > different key words but I haven't > found anything. > > I have an apache server running on port 8000. > This necessitates typing http://www.myaddress.com:800

[us...@httpd] How to map http://www.myaddress.com to http://www.myaddress.com:8000 ?

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Hagerty
Hello. Forgive me if this has been handled in the Archives. I've tried searching different key words but I haven't found anything. I have an apache server running on port 8000. This necessitates typing http://www.myaddress.com:8000 to get to my home page. I would like to be able to drop the