For the Apache web server the absolute server root folder of a domain to be servered is something different than the web root folder a GoLive users typically works with, i.e. the initial start page of a website your-domain.com is typically perceived as the web root folder like
/index.html
but on a (shared) web server this path is be located on the hard disc of the server like this
/var/www/your-domain.com/index.html
You are most likely not aware of this situation because both the web server and the FTP or WebDAV access point both handle this situation for you.
To help you to fetch this absolute server root folder of your website, Accessus can try to retrieve this path by means of a PHP or Pearl script. The scripts are temporarily copied to your web server, the are executed by the domain name you have given for your site and erased later on. In case any of these scripts work properly Accessus will provide the absolute server root path into the dialog.
Note:
- This attempt will fail if your web server does not server PHP or Pearl scripts at all.
- Although you should never see the scripts in question for yourself, once you see a file called _webroot.php or _webroot.pl on your server, you can savely remove it.
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