RE: Cryptic errors -simple Apache::Registry script ??? (newbie)

2000-01-10 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Eric Cholet wrote: Apache 1.3.9 (with mod_perl 1.21/perl5.005_03) doesn't let me use a Location section in a VirtualHost section. Really? That's quite odd. What is the error message? Looks like I was wrong about this. Either my memory was playing tricks on

RE: Trouble installing mod_perl

2000-01-10 Thread Eric Cholet
Hi there, On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, gnielson wrote: I am encountering some errors when trying to get an existing Apache server to support mod_perl. I am running Server version Apache/1.2.4 and perl, version 5.004_01. Is the fact that I have not yet ungraded to 5.004_04 giving me these

mysql.pm on Apache/mod_perl/perl win98

2000-01-10 Thread dave_dunstan
Hi - I'm another *lost* soul trying to get their Apache 1.3.9, latest mysql, mod_perl working on Win98. I got a binary of Apache+Perl+mod_perl and it seems to work ok - my mod_perl is working ok, my Authz module is -sort of- working, but I'm getting hits in my apache error log from mysql.pm, a

Re: mysql.pm on Apache/mod_perl/perl win98

2000-01-10 Thread Ed Phillips
Hi Dave, I only do *nix, but I think that you should not need mysql.pm if you are using DBI/DBD. Jochen is quite helpful on the MySQL modules list. subscription info availble at www.mysql.com. Good Luck, Ed

RE: Embperl / Variable Scope Question

2000-01-10 Thread Jason Bodnar
At the top of the config file put: package Config; and refer to the vars in your page as: [+ $Config::foo +] On 09-Jan-00 Mike Cantrell wrote: Quick question: Let's say I want to keep a common configuration file which defines variables and such. I'd like to [- Execute() -] the file but

Mason + Apache::Session .. strange problems.

2000-01-10 Thread Ian Mahuron
This will be posted to both the mod_perl and mason mailing lists. I'm tearing my hair out here. I'm using Apache::Session with Mason (snippet of calls to Apache::Session below). For some reason, when I hit certain pages with java applets (opencube scroller), and then do a browser "refresh"

RE: Mason + Apache::Session .. strange problems.

2000-01-10 Thread Ian Mahuron
I've got a few things to add.. I wrapped my tie in an eval so I can see what cookie is being set, etc. It's been a big help for debugging. This has helped me to discover that the scroller applet I'm using makes a query to a text file on the server.. so if I have a page w/ the scroller applet

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Randy Harmon
IANAL, but I understand that technologies that were in the public domain can not be patented. And if a patent is issued, it's not enforcable in that case. Again, IANAL, but I feel that FreeType falls in that same category (see http://www.freetype.org). Randy On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Cliff Rayman
docs for the embedded language http://shop1.virtualsellers.com/4xdoc I had not included the original article because it came from individual.com and you have to have an account to access it. I was able to dig up the original source. I am not sure how long this link will be valid for:

RE: Mason + Apache::Session .. strange problems.

2000-01-10 Thread Ian Mahuron
It turns out that the java applet making another request for a page on the server was causing my cookie to be reset. Moving the file it was requesting out of mason's reach fixed the problem.

Hey, that ain't tainted, is it?

2000-01-10 Thread John Walker
With regard to yesterday's "Cryptic errors -simple Apache::Registry script ??? (newbie)" post, I have discovered some more information. Not that it clarifies my understanding of the error much. By hacking (process of elimination) I have discovered that when I turn off taint checking in my

Re: Hey, that ain't tainted, is it?

2000-01-10 Thread Vivek Khera
"JW" == John Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JW I don't see where the user name is getting execed, evaled, or supplied JW to a system call. Can anyone explain this to my pea brain? I had one server suddenly, out of nowhere, decide to mark some things as tainted even though they are not.

Re: Hey, that ain't tainted, is it?

2000-01-10 Thread Stas Bekman
% perldoc perlsec -- is what you are looking for. it's all there... With regard to yesterday's "Cryptic errors -simple Apache::Registry script ??? (newbie)" post, I have discovered some more information. Not that it clarifies my understanding of the error much. By hacking (process of

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Jason Bodnar
Actually, prior art prohibits something from being patented. If somebody can demonstrate that the pantented concept is not new due to prior art then the patent office will not issue the patent. On 10-Jan-00 Randy Harmon wrote: IANAL, but I understand that technologies that were in the public

RE: Hey, that ain't tainted, is it?

2000-01-10 Thread John Walker
That would be ALL of it wouldn't it? G Anyway, I'm still not sure how the hello world script violates the use of tainted data... it just goes to STDOUT (browser). If I understand this correctly, I've got to run *all* my user input through a regex and use the resultant $1, $2 parts as my data?

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Vivek Khera
"JB" == Jason Bodnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JB Actually, prior art prohibits something from being patented. If JB somebody can demonstrate that the pantented concept is not new due JB to prior art then the patent office will not issue the patent. So, to all of you, what does this have to do

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Jason Bodnar
I think I missed the initial email but I was guessing it was sent due to the fact that there are several embedded scripting languages that use mod_perl. If that's why it was sent then it's very appropriate. Perhaps you should relax. I think a grand total of 4 or 5 emails have been sent on this

Re: mysql.pm on Apache/mod_perl/perl win98

2000-01-10 Thread Randy Kobes
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Tim Tompkins wrote: There is a DBD::mysql available from ActiveState. You can install it with ppm. ppm install DBD-mysql Hi, This would normally work, but the perl binary being used most probably isn't ActiveState's, because as of yet mod_perl doesn't work with

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Jeffrey W. Baker
Vivek Khera wrote: "JB" == Jason Bodnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JB Actually, prior art prohibits something from being patented. If JB somebody can demonstrate that the pantented concept is not new due JB to prior art then the patent office will not issue the patent. So, to all of

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Cliff Rayman
I brought it up. I guess I should have been more clear, but I did it specifically for the authors of embedded perl/tag packages such as Embperl, ASP, Mason and HTML::Template. I intended for the authors of the packages to get "up in arms" and send the patent office documentation on prior art so

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Cliff Rayman wrote: soapbox These patents scare me since the patent granters seem not to understand software very well - and it seems like it is diametrically opposed to what the open software movement stands for. /soapbox Then come to the United Kingdom,

Re: mysql.pm on Apache/mod_perl/perl win98

2000-01-10 Thread Randy Harmon
[cc list trimmed; this is more a mod_perl issue than a mysql one.] Thanks a bunch for your efforts here. I understand that earlier such bundles were built with VC6, eh? Will you have the opportunity/ability/tuits to distribute one built with Cygwin, so that the resultant installation can

infamous mod_perl mod_ssl together not making...

2000-01-10 Thread Steven Lembark
found snippet (below) on archive, obviously i'm missing something... after following the notes in ./mod_perl-1.3.1/INSTALL.simple.ssl, ./mod_ssl-2.4.10-1.3.9 and previous suggestions from the mailing list: make[1]: Entering directory `/var/CPAN/build/apache_1.3.9' === src

RE: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Gerald Richter
I brought it up. I guess I should have been more clear, but I did it specifically for the authors of embedded perl/tag packages such as Embperl, ASP, Mason and HTML::Template. I am not sure if they want to pantent embbedding a programming language in HTML, or just their language (They later

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Cliff Rayman
I forgot about Micro$oft and ASP, they could squash a patent like a bug. I tried to look up the patent but the database is only current through Jan 4th. I will check it out and report back when the actual patent is available. cliff rayman genwax.com Gerald Richter wrote: > I brought it up. I

Re: infamous mod_perl mod_ssl together not making...

2000-01-10 Thread Stas Bekman
Well, I build mod_ssl/mod_perl just fine a few days ago (RH6.1). Follow the notes at: http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html#mod_perl_and_mod_ssl_openssl_ The guide uses xxx for the ver numbers, so to ease on you, here is my copy-n-paste code: unarchive apache_1.3.9.tar.gz,

RE: Hey, that ain't tainted, is it?

2000-01-10 Thread Stas Bekman
That would be ALL of it wouldn't it? G Anyway, I'm still not sure how the hello world script violates the use of tainted data... it just goes to STDOUT (browser). may be because you load some other module which is not taint-clean. Look at this in this way -- lots of people run more

Re: VirtualSellers.com TAME patent

2000-01-10 Thread Stas Bekman
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: Vivek Khera wrote: "JB" == Jason Bodnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JB Actually, prior art prohibits something from being patented. If JB somebody can demonstrate that the pantented concept is not new due JB to prior art then the patent