Don't do that. If you need to use assl outside Apache, compile it to a separate shared lib, and load that with LoadFile for mod_assl.
Thanks for the help. I've now compiled both to shared libs: cd /home/uxx/u01/n1054894/Apache2 ./sbin/apxs -i -a -c ../ApacheSource/httpd-2.2.3/modules/ssl/mod_assl.c ./sbin/apxs -n assllib -i -a -c ../ApacheSource/httpd-2.2.3/modules/ssl/assl.c Funny thing is that both libraries seem to use something from the other, so which ever one I load first complains that it needs something from the other when I start Apache: httpd: Syntax error on line 53 of /home/uxx/u01/n1054894/Apache2/etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Cannot load /home/uxx/u01/n1054894/Apache2/libexec/mod_assl.so into server: /home/uxx/u01/n1054894/Apache2/libexec/mod_assl.so: undefined symbol: init_filter OR httpd: Syntax error on line 53 of /home/uxx/u01/n1054894/Apache2/etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Cannot load /home/uxx/u01/n1054894/Apache2/libexec/assl.so into server: /home/uxx/u01/n1054894/Apache2/libexec/assl.so: undefined symbol: assl_mutex_on I've tried to give apxs some extra parameters -l, -L, or -I in the hope that it will find the functions but no luck. I can of course not use the APR mutex's... and use the native ones and it should work fine...? I also think that APR mutex's might not be ideal for my scenario: If an external program is going to call functions in assl.c which, in turn, is going use the mutex's, do I need to use apr_proc_mutex.h or apr_thread_mutex.h routines? I am currently using the prefork MPM so there's no serverside thread issues... The mutex is stored in my server-config which of course needs to be accessed before the mutex can be locked, and to access it we need a server_rec which of course needs to be stored/pointed to in assl.c somewhere so that assl.c can access it "on demand" rather than just when requests are made to the server. Currently it points to base_server given to it in the mod_assl ap_hook_post_config function. Due to the compiling issues I haven't tested my external program yet, so it might just break when it tries to lock the mutex, since the call isn't associated with an Apache thread or process? Thanks for the help once again Christiaan Lamprecht PS: Your online tutorials have been a great help! Thanks! Could have really done with your book too... guess I'll have to wait...
