[Gllug] uklinux / co-located servers

[Paul Brazier]

Has anyone else got webspace with uklinux.net?

I've got the php/mysql working together OK but there's some things that
aren't really clear:

You don't get shell access, instead you are advised to run shell/perl
scripts (they give an example). But how do I actually execute these
scripts? The ftp only takes you to the web files area. Do I have to
execute them through php? 
Another problem I had was how to bulk import a text file into the mysql
database. MySQL does do it but I think I need access to the mysql data
directory which I don't have. I can generate INSERT statements and paste
them in the web interface but this isn't really suitable for large
quantities of data. They have a web interface that is supposed to bulk
import text files but I couldn't get it to work.

On a kind of related note, I noticed people mentioned installing remote
IRC or whatever servers using some company that sells rackspace and
internet connection (co-location?). Is this not quite expensive? Does a
group of people get together and share the rental costs or something?
What sort of prices/companies are out there? I've had a look at some but
they all seem quite pricey. It does seem like a better alternative to
using an ISP for webspace apart from this though. I suppose you do have
all your admin to do but I guess it's all part of the learning curve.

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Paul Brazier
Cosmos UK 


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