Re: make the server not to start in case the Initialization is a failure

[Ian Holsman]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to write a sample Plugin on APACHE 2.0 which does some
initialization.
I am attaching the code portion for the same.
static void mod_register_hooks(apr_pool_t *p)
{
    ap_hook_child_init    (mod_init_Child, NULL,NULL, APR_HOOK_FIRST);
    ap_hook_check_user_id (mod_auth,NULL,NULL, APR_HOOK_FIRST);
}
module AP_MODULE_DECLARE_DATA sm_mod_auth = {
    STANDARD20_MODULE_STUFF,
    NULL,   /* create per-dir    config structures */
    NULL,    /* merge  per-dir    config structures */
    NULL,   /* create per-server config structures */
    NULL,    /* merge  per-server config structures */
    NULL,            /* table of configuration directives   */
    mod_register_hooks          /* register hooks */
};

static int mod_init_Child(server_rec* pServerRec, apr_pool_t* pPool)
{
          int nRet = FALSE;
        printf("Inside Child Auth Module\n");
          nRet = InitConfigFile(pPool);
          if (nRet == FALSE)
              return FALSE;
          else
                return TRUE;
}
How do make the server not to start in case the Initialization is a
failure.
The same used to work on apache 1.3x in case I returned exit(2), but its
not working with apache 2.0.
Any help ???
can you init the config file in a post-config hook instead of the child?
that can cause the apache to not start.
FWIW.. you haven't considered the case where init-child is executed on a 
running server for a new-process. would you like the entire server to 
fail because it couldn't spawn a new process for example? (even though 
the other children are quite happily serving requests)

Thanks in advance

Ian
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