Newbie Question

[biohazardbill]

I am new to this and wondering of setting the path for:

 

Webserver Root Directory

 

and

 

Http Cookie Path

 

to / (root)

 

is the norm or if I should maybe point it elsewhere...

[♥Vger]

Usually the path to your root is something like /var/www/html or htdocs, or usr/local/apache/htdocs. Basically, wherever your root is, if you install osCommerce into it and list your domain as http://www.yourdomain.com, then the cookie path would be '/'

 

Vger

[biohazardbill]

Usually the path to your root is something like /var/www/html or htdocs, or usr/local/apache/htdocs.  Basically, wherever your root is, if you install osCommerce into it and list your domain as http://www.yourdomain.com, then the cookie path would be '/'

 

Vger

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This was all uploaded via ftp to a server... so this is not a local server... would that matter...

 

just to test I installed it using:

 

/

 

and it seems to be working but if this is not appropriate I will change it before I gat to involved.

 

I am new to this sort of thing, and this was kinda just dropped into my lap :blink:

[♥Vger]

This was all uploaded via ftp to a server... so this is not a local server... would that matter...

 

If you FTP to the website, to your root directory, then you should see the path to it in the top right pane of your ftp programme (at least with WS FTP Pro it you do).

 

If in doubt go to your hosting company's website. They should have a Knowledge Base or FAQ's with the answer to the path to your root.

 

Vger