Help with a few projects
Linux for blind general discussion
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Wed Dec 13 00:00:34 UTC 2017
Hi,
Darn! I tried this fix as outlined below.
Root at vps: # adduser wordpressuser www-data Adding wordpressuer to
www-data, done.
root at vps: # chown wordpressuser:www-data -R /var/www/html
Root at VPS: #
Win SCP shows that /blog owner is wordpressuer, group is www-data, with
same read write execute permissions.
I went to update an existing plug-in and was presented with this message.
Connection Information
To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web
server. Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed. If you do not
remember your credentials, you should contact your web host.
Hostname
On 12/12/2017 3:35 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I'm asking my friend to see if they can join this list and or e-mail you
> as they have more experience using various Linux distributions, whereas
> I only have used one.
>
> He said that Cent OS, which is a Red Hat distribution has a completely
> different management than Debian-based systems. So I'm wondering if this
> list is for people who use Red Hat only, or if it includes discussions
> about Debian and Arch distributions.
>
> -P.S. I'm also known as HeavenlyHarmony.
>
>
> On 12/12/2017 3:29 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> I apologize. Ulysses is generally a male name, at least here in the
>> States. As for your being young, my kids are all older than u--so to
>> me you're young. I had actually guessed your age at 22, so I was not
>> far off.
>>
>> On 12/12/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> For your information, could you please address me properly? I am female,
>>> and I do not know if there is anything that had implied that I was of a
>>> much younger age, but I am twenty-three.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> -HeavenlyHarmony
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/12/2017 3:00 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>> Ulysses, if you've got an Apache webserver, then generally speaking
>>>> the group to hwich the webserver belongs by default is www-data. So u
>>>> would add the wordpressuser to that group. Again, your postfix error
>>>> is telling u that your user/group permissions are incorrect.
>>>>
>>>> My web hosting invoicing program just crappe the bed. I really need to
>>>> get that up first before I can provide much help. I apologize. I would
>>>> be willing to try to help once I get this situation straightened out &
>>>> a small website built for a client. But right now, young Sir, I'm a
>>>> little inundated. Truthfully, given the way things are now, it's
>>>> likely gonna be hard for me to get back w/u to any meaningful degree
>>>> till after the first of the year. I'm sorry. Holidays w/a family &
>>>> trying to run a business can get a little hectic. But if I can get my
>>>> invoice program working in a reasonable timeframe, I'll get back on
>>>> list sooner & see if I can't help u out. I hope that sounds fair.
>>>>
>>>> On 12/12/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the guide I used to follow and set up Postfix.
>>>>> https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-postfix-as-a-send-only-smtp-server-on-ubuntu-16-04
>>>>> The error occurred here. wordpressuser at vps:~$ echo "This is the body of
>>>>> the e-mail." | mail -s "This is the subject of the e-mail." green_gables
>>>>> _fan33 at yahoo.com
>>>>> Can't canonicalize "/home/wordpressuser/Maildir"
>>>>> wordpressuser at vps:~$ postdrop: warning: /etc/postfix/dynamicmaps.cf:
>>>>> file is owned or writable by non-root users -- skip
>>>>> ping this file
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you be less vague. I.E. provide actual steps on how to fix this
>>>>> problem? I'll outline the steps I took when I read this sentence. Your
>>>>> problem w/WordPress is that you likely don't have the user of the
>>>>> wordpress files belonging to the webserver group. Once u make that
>>>>> happen, your updating problems will disappear. U need to set the file
>>>>> permissions back to a safer level, or your site wil get hacked.
>>>>>
>>>>> I only understood you as far as needing to change the ownership of the
>>>>> WordPressfiles and their permissions. /var/www/html/blog, where blog is
>>>>> the folder that contains WordPress, is as follows, using Win SCP. blog
>>>>> Owner: wordpressuser, Group: wordpressuser, Type: File folder, Rights:
>>>>> rwsrwsrwt, Changed: 12/12/2017 1:58:35 P
>>>>>
>>>>> Based on your statement, I assumed that I needed to change ownership of
>>>>> both group and user, and change permissions to Apache2, MySQL, and PHP
>>>>> to the same user that WordPress is set to.
>>>>> /etc/apache2, /etc/mysql, and /etc/php
>>>>> apache2 Owner: wordpressuser, Group: wordpressuser, Type: File folder,
>>>>> Rights: rwsrwsrwt, Changed: 11/28/2017 1:25:20 A mysql Owner:
>>>>> wordpressuser, Group: wordpressuser, Type: File folder, Rights:
>>>>> rwsrwsrwt, Changed: 10/29/2017 6:02:10 P php Owner: wordpressuser,
>>>>> Group: wordpressuser, Type: File folder, Rights: rwsrwsrwt, Changed:
>>>>> 9/16/2017 12:33:01 P
>>>>> I tried updating a plug-in, but it is still giving me the same error
>>>>> message. If you want to do an actual session where you could try to help
>>>>> me via phone or Skype, I let me know if you would like to pay you a
>>>>> small sum or if you'd like to volunteer your time.
>>>>> Also, you didn't specify how having all files and folders set to 7777
>>>>> would increase the level of attack if Cloudflare is supposed to keep
>>>>> people from finding out my IP address, or if they tried accessing
>>>>> wp-content/uploads and put malicious PHP scripts.
>>>>> I think Windows servers have their place in the universe, but why they
>>>>> have to be expensive I know not. Yes, Linux is all done via bash and
>>>>> SSH, whereas Windows is done via remote desktop. And for some people, if
>>>>> you want to get things done without worrying about command lines, you
>>>>> could try C-Panel or something simple, but if you want to know how and
>>>>> why things work, and how the puzles all fit together, you can learn as
>>>>> long as you have a good support sytem, and many people do not have that.
>>>>> What kind of certain web components would be redirected that would make
>>>>> it difficult for a beginner to work around? How accessible is
>>>>> cloudflare? I noticed some unusual buttons that have vague labels and
>>>>> whatnot. I am using NVDA on Windows 10 with Google Chrome and Firefox.
>>>>> -Ulysses
>>>>> On 12/12/2017 1:19 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>>> Ulysses, provide your error logs & we can assist w/the postfix
>>>>>> problem. If those error logs contain information u don't wish on a
>>>>>> public list, then go ahead & email me privately at
>>>>>> abletec at g mail dot com. You can't copy-&-paste that email, as I've
>>>>>> munged it to prevent spam harvesting, but u should be able to figure
>>>>>> it out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your problem w/WordPress is that you likely don't have the user of the
>>>>>> wordpress files belonging to the webserver group. Once u make that
>>>>>> happen, your updating problems will disappear. U need to set the file
>>>>>> permissions back to a safer level, or your site wil get hacked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unless there's a compelling reason to do so, ie, you're developing
>>>>>> some sort of Windows software, my recommendation would be to use Linux
>>>>>> to host websites. It's cheaper, &, IMO, also more secure for a number
>>>>>> of reasons. I realize I'll likely encounter the ire of some on this
>>>>>> list for saying thus, but it really is a fact, IMO.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would also advise disabling Cloudflare until you get everything set
>>>>>> up, because it tends to add an additional layer in terms of
>>>>>> redirecting certain web components that makes things hard for a
>>>>>> beginner to learn & figure out what's going on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/12/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My name is Ulysses Harmony Garcia. My web site is
>>>>>>> https://www.sensation-experience.com/ I heard about I heard about
>>>>>>> this mailing list through a Facebook post.
>>>>>>> For several years, I've been trying to figure out what kind of
>>>>>>> services I
>>>>>>> could use to satisfy my needs. In the early 2010's, I looked into
>>>>>>> shared
>>>>>>> hosting plans, but the more I looked at them, the more I didn't
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> them because I wanted to be able to have full
>>>>>>> control of the server. All they let you use is a public HTML
>>>>>>> folder
>>>>>>> and an FTP server port 21 or 990 for secure connections, and a
>>>>>>> web-based
>>>>>>> administration tool like Webmin or C-Panel. So I continued using
>>>>>>> Dropbox
>>>>>>> to host my web site. The only problem was that I had to use an http
>>>>>>> colon slash slash dl dot dropboxusercontent dot com slash u slash
>>>>>>> xxxxxxxx slash index dot html to render it, which is a pretty long
>>>>>>> link,
>>>>>>> but at least it worked.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Four years later, I looked into the cloud, SSD, and dedicated
>>>>>>> VPS options. By asking around, I heard of several different
>>>>>>> choices
>>>>>>> such as Linode,
>>>>>>> Vultr, Digital Ocean, OVH, and through a diary entry I had made
>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> 2014, VPS dot Next, I had to learn about which operating system I
>>>>>>> would most likely
>>>>>>> use for the server. Since 2005, I have primarily used Windows,
>>>>>>> and I started using a Mac in 2011. I have never used Linux, and I
>>>>>>> probably chose to stay away from it because I associated Linux as
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>> operating system only computer geeks would use. So when I was
>>>>>>> looking
>>>>>>> for a
>>>>>>> VPS, I was lucky to find a Windows server on vps dot net. However,
>>>>>>> when I told others
>>>>>>> about it, many people acted like that was a crime, or that it was
>>>>>>> impractical to use Windows as a server, and that 99.99% of the web
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> hosted by Linux, which was meant to be used as a server operating
>>>>>>> system.
>>>>>>> I've done most of the work on my own. I first began with a Windows
>>>>>>> virtual private server at VPS dot net, but I was not able to set
>>>>>>> up the web server, database server and PHP to work on-line, except
>>>>>>> through Localhost. I wasn't able to use Internet Information
>>>>>>> Services
>>>>>>> IIS either, so I gave up on it and cancelled my server.
>>>>>>> Fortunately,
>>>>>>> I kept my
>>>>>>> account active, so I could come back to it when I wasn't
>>>>>>> overwhelmed.
>>>>>>> I even tried enabling Internet Information Services on my Windows 10
>>>>>>> computer by using the enable or disables Windows features. I checked
>>>>>>> every one of them, but when I typed localhost in the connect to
>>>>>>> computer
>>>>>>> dialogue box, I got this message. IIS6 Manager dialogue Unable to
>>>>>>> connect to localhost. The target server does not have the SMTP service
>>>>>>> installed. You cannot manage an IIS 7.5 Web or FTP server by using
>>>>>>> Internet Information Services (6.0) Manager.
>>>>>>> As primarily being an extroverted person, I get energy from
>>>>>>> working
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> other people rather than working alone, yet for some reason, I've
>>>>>>> encountered a lot of people who think that being too dependent on
>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>> was a bad thing, that being completely independent was the best
>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> go. I disagree with that. I mean, I can see why some people
>>>>>>> wouldn't
>>>>>>> want to be too dependent on others for fear of taking too much of
>>>>>>> someone's time or being too clingy, etc, or taking advantage of
>>>>>>> said
>>>>>>> person, but I also believe that there needs to be a balance in
>>>>>>> helping
>>>>>>> others and being self-reliable. This is where interdependence
>>>>>>> comes
>>>>>>> in. Manuals are never straightforward. You can follow the directions in
>>>>>>> the manual as exactly outlined and end up with error messages. Even
>>>>>>> googling error messages can't guarantee that you will get a quick
>>>>>>> solution. Having said that, I have joined a few community forums and
>>>>>>> posted these error messages, but never received replies.
>>>>>>> Back in July, I contacted a few people I know who were
>>>>>>> successfully
>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>> the popular content management system WordPress, and asked if they
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>> help out. One person, whose name I won't mention, said they could
>>>>>>> set
>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>> my web site, if I could provide $300/hr USD and that it was
>>>>>>> estimated
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> take four hours to set up to where I wanted it to be. Now, this
>>>>>>> person
>>>>>>> is also blind. What I do not understand is how someone who may be
>>>>>>> knowledgeable about supplemental security income could decide to
>>>>>>> charge
>>>>>>> such a high price to set up something simple, and that is
>>>>>>> semi-automated, and easy to install. I wrote a reply, and didn't
>>>>>>> hear
>>>>>>> back for a month. I re-sent my reply and was told that if I wanted
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> continue with the route that I choose, I would have to go on
>>>>>>> Bookshare
>>>>>>> or BARD to download books on Windows server hosting, and that I
>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>> sufficient resources on the Audio Games net forum to start.
>>>>>>> so in September, I finally found a fellow who turned out to be
>>>>>>> someone I
>>>>>>> knew by reputation, and he offered to spend his free time in
>>>>>>> helping
>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>> out, especially since he has had plenty of experience in working
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> virtual private servers and web hosting. If you ask him how he
>>>>>>> liked
>>>>>>> working with me, he might tell you that I learn things pretty quickly
>>>>>>> once I get to actually learning the steps live on Skype or phone. I
>>>>>>> also
>>>>>>> record my sessions so I can look back and see what I did. By that time,
>>>>>>> I was a little
>>>>>>> more knowledgeable in talking to others on this topic.
>>>>>>> http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?id=23002 Look at post four.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> told my new friend a little bit of what I've hoped to accomplish, and
>>>>>>> what I
>>>>>>> have done so far, and how much experience I've already had. In
>>>>>>> 2010
>>>>>>> through 2013, I worked on building an HTML 4.1 and 5 project in
>>>>>>> high
>>>>>>> school using Notepad, and in 2013, I used CSS 3 to enhance it when
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> took a college class in web development. In mid July of 2013, I
>>>>>>> got
>>>>>>> myself a WordPress blog up and running, which has been since taken
>>>>>>> down.
>>>>>>> I decided to export this blog and import it into the self-hosted
>>>>>>> version, and I was able to successfully link up all of my web
>>>>>>> pages
>>>>>>> to a podcast generator and the WordPress system.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Right now we are sort of stuck on where to go, since I already have a
>>>>>>> basic HTML site with no scripts on my Ubuntu VPS, a TeamTalk
>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>> running, and hopefully an IceCast or ShoutCast server for
>>>>>>> streaming.
>>>>>>> I heard that you can get
>>>>>>> an e-mail provider through Google Aps and install their mail
>>>>>>> exchange
>>>>>>> and text verification records, but they are quite costly, and I
>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>> know if you'd have to install anything on Ubuntu to make sure the
>>>>>>> PHP
>>>>>>> contact forms worked properly. By following several guides on
>>>>>>> Linode
>>>>>>> and Digital Ocean, I was able to install Postfix and S-Nail, but I keep
>>>>>>> getting error messages when I am trying to send a message as a test.
>>>>>>> I also got an account through Cloudflare, and if you were to do a user
>>>>>>> $
>>>>>>> dig +short sensation-experience.com or root# dig +short
>>>>>>> sensation-experience.com you'd see 104.28.6.155 instead of my actual
>>>>>>> server's IP address. If you tried using that directly, it'd say,
>>>>>>> Cloudflare direct IP access not allowed. This is to keep attackers from
>>>>>>> finding out what my server's IP address is. If they tried doing a who
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> on my domain, they'd see a privacy protect dot org notice instead of my
>>>>>>> name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, I really couldn't understand how C-Panel and Webmin
>>>>>>> administration
>>>>>>> tools worked until my friend showed me how he used the terminal on his
>>>>>>> Cent OS VPS to install it. It sort of reminded me of PHP My Admin. You
>>>>>>> simply put :2083, :2087, or :2086 at the end of your domain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also installed Certbot which uses Lets Encrypt. At the moment I can't
>>>>>>> seem to figure out how to force traffic to be automatically redirected
>>>>>>> to https(443) instead of http(80). But now since I'm using Cloudflare,
>>>>>>> I'm not sure if that will be necessary.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Once I get more advanced, and raised my income through Amazon
>>>>>>> Associates and stripe payments, I'd like to install a phone box or
>>>>>>> PBX using Asterisk as well. Note that I am running PHP 7. My friend and
>>>>>>> I tried installing Free PBX, but it doesn't seem to like it, so we had
>>>>>>> to give it up temporarily, at least until they release the newer
>>>>>>> version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On a more interesting topic, I don't know if any of you are into speech
>>>>>>> synthesis that can sing. I am very much into singing synthesis and have
>>>>>>> spent quite a bit of time with DECtalk and Vocaloid. I recently got
>>>>>>> interested in learning how to use Festival and make my own speech
>>>>>>> synthesiser. If you look at post 57 of this thread, you can see where I
>>>>>>> am at right now. http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?id=8877
>>>>>>> So having said that, might any of you be able to help me resolve this
>>>>>>> mail problem with Postfix and S-Nail? I keep getting a debug error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, for some annoying reason which my friend and I have not been able
>>>>>>> to determine, I cannot install plug-ins or update WordPress directly.
>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>> wants to access my web server through FTP or FTPS, and I don't have one
>>>>>>> properly configured. I tried changing all file and folder permissions
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> 7777 recursively, but I am still unable to update and install plug-ins
>>>>>>> automatically. If any of you are able to help me with that as well I
>>>>>>> would greatly appreciate it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyhow, I apologise for this lengthy e-mail, but hopefully that gives
>>>>>>> you all an idea of what I've done so far and where I'd like to go
>>>>>>> next. :-)
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>> -Ulysses
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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