Jeff Trawick wrote:
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:11:34 -0500, Jeff Trawick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The ScriptSock directive must be used when there are two instances of the server with same ServerRoot. If it is omitted, symptoms may include
. wrong credentials for CGIs . CGIs stop working for one server when other server is terminated
It should be easy to avoid this configuration requirement by appending parent pid to the name of the unix socket which is used *when user didn't specify ScriptSock*, though there is slight migration concern in case administrator relies on name of unix socket for other reason (e.g., to use its existence as knowledge that mod_cgid is ready for business).
It should be easy to catch such a misconfiguration by adding the parent pid to the CGI request sent over the Unix socket, and fail the request (and log appropriate message) if parent pid is wrong.
code to check for the misconfiguration is small and is expected to be fool-proof (independent of what the user does); also, no way the change can result in stale unix sockets left around, unlike sticking the pid in the filename
see patch in attachment
Definitely +1 in concept. This will save someone a -lot- of time if they don't have a clue why their CGIs are failing and this is the problem.
Bill
