Raccoon: Make MMC As Document Server
By default, files that you want to share on Raccoon mobile web server is in E:apache/htdocs folder on your mobile. With no configuration, your mobsite looked like index of downloadable files.
If you have files with different categories, you would not want to place all your files in E:apache/htdocs folder. For instance, mobile ebook files should be on their right folder in able for you to read them, putting them all in htdocs folder means unreasonable memory usage. See the point?
Make sure that you understand httpd.conf file and make a backup of this file before editing. The steps below is to make drive e: (MMC or memory card) as your “document server”. This way, no need to move all files to E:apache/htdocs folder.
Edit httpd.conf using System Explorer.
- Look for these lines:
# Uncomment the following two lines if you want to provide access to
# the entire filesystem of your phone. I’m sure you keep you door unlocked
# at home also.
#
#Alias /c-root/ “C:/”
#Alias /e-root/ “E:/”– Remove # before Alias /e-root/ “E:/” and change e-root to your server name.
Ex: Alias /glitch/ “E:/” - Look also for these lines:
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
# DocumentRoot “E:/Apache/htdocs”– just remove the words Apache/htdocs from the last line, it should be like this:
# DocumentRoot “E:/”
- Of course, if you open the whole drive e: there are folders you dont want to be seen on your mobsite. Then, we have to hide these folders. Look for these lines:
# Uncomment the following line if you don’t want to let anybody unknown
# see your home-page.
# Require valid-user [/Directory] [Directory "C:/Nokia/Images/"]
# Change ‘valid-user’ to a specific user or comment the line out if
# want to allow access to anybody. Require valid-user[/Directory]– Remove “#” from the third line and replace [Directory "C:/Nokia/Images/"] with [Directory "C:/"]
– Below the edited line… add additional line, change the location to E:/System/ to hide memory card system files. Additional line is equivalent to another folder like images, etc.
example: Require valid-user [/Directory] [Directory "E::/Images/"]
– Change “[" and "]” to greater than and less than sign. - Click back and save the file.
Take Note:
- All the html files should be placed at drive e: or your memory card. Make folders and subfolders if necessary, just make sure that you place the right file location on the html file.
- If you’re not confident on html editing using System Explorer, you can use FExplorer or use the MMS trick.
- The image above is the screenshot of my Raccoon mobsite, Drive E (MMC) as the document server and a separate html page for repligo category. With this procedure, you also need to make html files which will be discussed soon.
How To Know Mobile IP Address
As I’ve discussed from my previous entry, knowing IP address is important especially on using mobile application intended for sharing files like Raccoon mobsite (mobile web server) and Comobi. Both these mobile applications need internet and/or GPRS in able to have connections to other party.
I don’t want to sound complicated, I am using a mobile application called IPviewer to know my IP address. This is an easy and reliable mobile application for me, tried and tested on my symbian phone. Just make a connection using built in browser, Opera, Opera Mini, fget or any mobile applications you know for Internet/GPRS connection. Open IPviewer application without closing connection, at the bottom of the page, you will now see your IP as shown in the image.
A disconnected connection when reconnected means another IP address. So, when using Raccoon or Comobi, refresh IPviewer to get the new mobile IP address.
What Is Your IP Address?
Many times from my past articles that I mentioned about IP address without discussing briefly what it is. To advanced usage of mobile phones, knowing one’s IP address is indeed important in able to use mobile application intended for sharing files like Raccoon and Comobi.
IP stands for Internet Protocol, is a unique address that certain electronic devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard. In laymans terms, it is sort of like a thumbmark of current connection, the location and other information of an IP address can be traced.
When I started blogging at wordpress.com, I stumbled on a blog that has a widget of current visitor’s flag. As a newbie that time, I was really fascinated on how that works and flattered seeing my flag on other blogs. It took me time to figure that out.
There’s also an instance that a spammer once accused me of deleting her comments which I didn’t approved for the reason of malicious, not related comments and pretending to be different persons but have the same IP address. Understanding IP address is important for this situation.
Upon digging deeply on IP address, I found out that there are many possibilities on manipulating IP address. I stumbled on a website and learned interesting things from their articles and tools. I’ve tried checking my ip with these reliable tools.
- IP Location, Map and Details – If you want to know the location of a certain IP address and some information, you may enter the IP address and find it here.
- Email Source IP Address – This tool displays the estimated location, an IP address of an email.
- IP Traceroute – This tool displays the geographical location of an IP address.
- Visual Traceroute – This tool displays the mapped graphical location of a traceroute from the server to the requested IP address.
- DNSbl Check – This tool may help you check if your IP address is listed with nearly 100 DNS based anti-spam databases.
- IP to Hostname Lookup – This tool displays the hostname of an IP address.
- Hostname to IP Lookup – This tool displays the IP address of a hostname. I’ve tried www.ebooktechie.com and it display my IP address.
- Advanced Proxy Check – This tool can help you check if information is exposed if you are using proxy server.
I've Been Plagiarized Again!
When I posted Make Raccoon Mobsite Password Protected, I checked on my technorati account if it was automatically pinged. I am aware that technorati is having their maintenance again, fans were gone again. Manual pinging is a regular habit after each article posting. Anyway, I noticed that I have an additional technorati authority.
When I checked on the link, the site had copied the whole post including my signature “glitch” at the end of the post. This was the third time I experienced copyblogging of my blog contents. But this time, I think this is sort of what other bloggers called as “auto content”… instant article from feed subscription.
Correct me if I’m wrong, I believe copying a part of the post is ok provided that the site linked back to the source site. I always do that for justification or additional information on my post, it doesn’t matter if its a dofollow or nofollow link. For me, linking back is showing respect to the intellectual property of the original writer.
I felt sad and angry at the same time, I commented to that site to delete my copied article on their site. Good thing that they’ve already deleted it. Plagiarism is a crime, I don’t want to be a victim again for the nth time. I will start using copyscape banner 
again for easy checking. Actually, I forgot to place the banner when I moved to my own domain. Lesson learned again from blogging, I hope copybloggers will soon realize that the site they’ve copied will be penalized by Google and other search engine for duplicate contents. There is such thing as karma…
Security Issue On Migrating Files?
I did mentioned from my previous entry that I have plans of changing my web host before my newly renewed account expires. That means, I will be migrating all my files, I admit I have a cold feet on doing that. I’m afraid that I might commit mistake on uploading files.
I’m aware that when it comes to web hosting security, there’s also a security issue on uploading incomplete files aside from data loss, long server downtimes and other known web host problems. I don’t want ebooktechie to opened its door to hackers. Updating a blog maybe easier than securing a self hosted blog but having enough web host information can make bloggers’ life easier.
