RE: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-24 Thread Jeroen Massar
Günter Knauf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > unfortunately we have symlinks only on *nix platforms, so for > all other platforms this isnt a solution... > Guenter. Unices all? have symlinks and NT supports lins too. Then still people could instead of symlinking the data copy the configs in a

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 09:34:08AM -0700, Aaron Bannert wrote: > +1 for removing the mod-status and mod-info sections from the default > config entirely. In an ideal world there would be no default config, Blech. -0 on removing it from the default configuration. IMHO, it's useful - just leave i

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf /2

2002-06-21 Thread Aaron Bannert
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 02:55:07PM +0200, Günter Knauf wrote: > Hi, > I've been asked now a couple of times for a configuration sample for mod_deflate; >and since mod_deflate is now a 'normal' module and no more experimental I think there >should be a sample in the httpd.conf; if you dont think

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Aaron Bannert
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 10:26:46AM -0400, Joshua Slive wrote: > Günter Knauf wrote: > > >the patch doesnt enable the modules, just only it's easier to enable them > >with only removing one # at the load command...; also I'm more thinking of > >disabling the modules after I have already used the

RE: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Günter Knauf
unfortunately we have symlinks only on *nix platforms, so for all other platforms this isnt a solution... Guenter. > Better do the configs the 'debian way' then: > /etc/apache2/ containing: > apache2.conf : default config for running Apache2 minimally. > ports.conf : "Port 443" etc directives

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Stoddard
> Bill Stoddard wrote: > > > > Playing devil's advocate :-) mod_status and mod_info should NOT be loaded by >default. > > > > Agreed! Wouldn't this change set things up so that if someone does > a compile with mod_status and mod_info included, the resultant > config file would make them active?

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Joshua Slive
Günter Knauf wrote: >>Ahhh, but you forget that not everyone uses DSO modules. Many people >>compile the modules into the server, and for them the module is active >>regardless of the LoadModule line. > > Ok, that was the point I missed and convinces me that it's not such a good idea >then... >

RE: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Jeroen Massar
Günter Knauf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Ahhh, but you forget that not everyone uses DSO modules. > Many people > > compile the modules into the server, and for them the > module is active > > regardless of the LoadModule line. > Ok, that was the point I missed and convinces me that i

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Günter Knauf
> Ahhh, but you forget that not everyone uses DSO modules. Many people > compile the modules into the server, and for them the module is active > regardless of the LoadModule line. Ok, that was the point I missed and convinces me that it's not such a good idea then... then let's make another su

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Cliff Woolley
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Günter Knauf wrote: > the patch doesnt enable the modules, just only it's easier to enable > them with only removing one # at the load command...; That assumes you compile DSO's. > also I'm more thinking of disabling the modules after I have already > used them

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Joshua Slive
Günter Knauf wrote: > the patch doesnt enable the modules, just only it's easier to enable them with only >removing one # at the load command...; also I'm more thinking of disabling the >modules after I have already used them; and if I then comment the load command I must >also comment six con

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Joshua Slive
Bill Stoddard wrote: > > Playing devil's advocate :-) mod_status and mod_info should NOT be loaded by >default. True. But even if they aren't, adding them in active sections in the default config is too dangerous in my opinion. Those are security-sensitive modules, and there is absolute

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Günter Knauf
> Cliff Woolley wrote: >> >> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Stoddard wrote: >> >> >> can we apply this simple patch so that we dont have to always >> >> uncomment >> >> 12 lines for getting mod_info / mod_status working? >> > >> > +1 >> >> -0.5 Our default config has always taken a minimalist policy,

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Jim Jagielski
Bill Stoddard wrote: > > Playing devil's advocate :-) mod_status and mod_info should NOT be loaded by >default. > Agreed! Wouldn't this change set things up so that if someone does a compile with mod_status and mod_info included, the resultant config file would make them active? That was my

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Stoddard
> > > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Stoddard wrote: > > > > >> can we apply this simple patch so that we dont have to always uncomment > > >> 12 lines for getting mod_info / mod_status working? > > > > > > +1 > > > > -0.5 Our default config has always taken a minimalist policy, I believe. > > >

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Stoddard
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Stoddard wrote: > > >> can we apply this simple patch so that we dont have to always uncomment > >> 12 lines for getting mod_info / mod_status working? > > > > +1 > > -0.5 Our default config has always taken a minimalist policy, I believe. > > --Cliff > Is there a rea

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Jim Jagielski
Cliff Woolley wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Stoddard wrote: > > >> can we apply this simple patch so that we dont have to always uncomment > >> 12 lines for getting mod_info / mod_status working? > > > > +1 > > -0.5 Our default config has always taken a minimalist policy, I believe. >

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Cliff Woolley
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Stoddard wrote: >> can we apply this simple patch so that we dont have to always uncomment >> 12 lines for getting mod_info / mod_status working? > > +1 -0.5 Our default config has always taken a minimalist policy, I believe. --Cliff

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf /2

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Stoddard
My vote is to leave this out of the config file but certainly put it in the doc. Bill Hi, I've been asked now a couple of times for a configuration sample for mod_deflate; and since mod_deflate is now a 'normal' module and no more experimental I think there should be a sample in the httpd.conf;

Re: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Bill Stoddard
+1 - Original Message - From: "Günter Knauf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf Hi, can we apply this simple patch so that we dont have to always uncomment 12 lines for getting

[PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf /2

2002-06-21 Thread Günter Knauf
Hi, I've been asked now a couple of times for a configuration sample for mod_deflate; and since mod_deflate is now a 'normal' module and no more experimental I think there should be a sample in the httpd.conf; if you dont think so at least a sample as below should appear in the docs to mod_defl

[PATCH] Apache2 httpd.conf

2002-06-21 Thread Günter Knauf
Hi, can we apply this simple patch so that we dont have to always uncomment 12 lines for getting mod_info / mod_status working? thanks! --- httpd-win.conf.orig Thu Jun 13 20:39:04 2002 +++ httpd-win.conf Fri Jun 21 14:26:30 2002 @@ -850,24 +850,28 @@ # Allow server status reports, with the