I cannot seem to get custom configuration directives to work in apache (1.3.11) modperl (1.21). I would presume the examples in the book do not work either. I found someone having similar problems in the list archives, to which Doug provided a workaround which also does not work. Any advice about this issue is helpful. Please reply to me directly as well. In Makefile.PL: my @directives = ( ... { name => 'Directive4', errmsg => 'Anything', args_how => 'RAW_ARGS', req_override=> 'OR_ALL', }, ); In the httpd.conf file: <Perl> require Apache::TestDirective; delete $INC{'Apache/TestDirective.pm'}; </Perl> #PerlModule Apache::TestDirective Directive4 foo What comes back: Invalid command 'Directive4', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration Other details are...Modperl built with: perl Makefile.PL APACHE_SRC=/usr/local/webadmin/${APACHE} DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 PREP_HTTPD=1 EVERYTHING=1 PERL_TRACE=1 and Apache built with: ./configure \ "--with-layout=Apache" \ "--prefix=/usr/local/www" \ "--enable-module=most" \ "--enable-shared=max" \ "--activate-module=src/modules/extra/mod_macro.c" \ "--activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a" \ $ bin/httpd -V Server version: Apache/1.3.11 (Unix) Server built: Jan 30 2000 17:23:31 Server's Module Magic Number: 19990320:6 Server compiled with.... -D HAVE_MMAP -D USE_MMAP_SCOREBOARD -D USE_MMAP_FILES -D USE_FLOCK_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/local/webadmin" -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/local/webadmin/bin/suexec" -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="logs/httpd.pid" -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/httpd.scoreboard" -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="logs/httpd.lock" -D DEFAULT_XFERLOG="logs/access_log" -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" -D TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" -D ACCESS_CONFIG_FILE="conf/access.conf" -D RESOURCE_CONFIG_FILE="conf/srm.conf" $ bin/httpd -l Compiled-in modules: http_core.c mod_so.c mod_macro.c mod_perl.c $ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration: Platform: osname=freebsd, osvers=3.3-release, archname=i386-freebsd uname='freebsd somehost.org 3.3-release freebsd 3.3-release #0: sun nov 21 22:33:17 pst 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:usrsrcsyscompilekern i386 ' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef Compiler: cc='cc', optimize='-O', gccversion=2.7.2.3 cppflags='-I/usr/local/include -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK -DDEBUGGING_MSTATS -DPACK_MALLOC -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE' ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK -DDEBUGGING_MSTATS -DPACK_MALLOC -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE ' stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=true intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags ='-Wl,-E -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib libs=-ldb -lm -lc -lcrypt libc=/usr/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Built under freebsd Compiled at Nov 22 1999 16:25:57 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/home/dave/lib/perl" @INC: /home/dave/lib/perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< True freedom requires taking responsibility for your own life. That frightens the hell out of too many people. They prefer to have Big Brother holding a safety net for them, and they'll sell their own birthright and their children's as well to keep it. --F. Paul Wilson