[ale] Web server issues - resolved I think

Jim Seymour bluejay at speedfactory.net
Thu Feb 9 04:39:04 EST 2006


On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 02:34:27PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> What port are you on?  Is "motion" actually running on
> wingbarscafe.com?
> 
> 
> Thus spake Jim Seymour (bluejay at speedfactory.net):
> 
> > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 02:09:41PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Look at your config file.  There is a setting:
> > > 
> > > # Restrict webcam connections to localhost only (default: on)
> > > webcam_localhost off
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thus spake Jim Seymour (bluejay at speedfactory.net):
> > > 
> > > > I am running out of ideas as to what the problem is here. I have
> > > > an outdoor webcam sending a feed to a website hosted on another
> > > > system. The webcam server is part of the motion package and is
> > > > running on a Debian testing system. I can watch the feed without
> > > > problem on my own system (the system sending the feed). Anyone
> > > > else that tries to access it gets a denied message. A test of my
> > > > firewall shows the port as open. I can't figure out if the
> > > > problem is in my hosts.allow or whatever. The iptables rules
> > > > have input and output rules to accept connections on the port
> > > > and my logs do not show it being dropped. Googling has not
> > > > provided me with the answer. Ideas? The address if you want try
> > > > is www.wingbarscafe.com and is using the cambozola java applet
> > > > to direct the feed.
> > > > 
> > 
> > I already have the webcam_localhost off setting :-( Other ideas?
> > 

Hi Robert,

The webpage itself is hosted by Omnis Hosting. The cabozola applet on
their server pulls the image from my machine which is running the motion
program. Port 8090 seemed to be a decent choice for this project. I
really appreciate all the fine members trying to reach the site. I will
get the spouse to tell her family about it to see if they can access it
okay. This going live has been a very long time coming.

Thanks again to all,

Jim Seymour

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