[us...@httpd] My apache server stopped doing CGI

2009-02-15 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I've been running this server on gentoo for about 5 years, mostly without touching it. So I was a bit surprised to find that it is unable to serve CGI scripts or programs. The one CGI script I have is low-use (read by a few other hex game hobbyists) so I don't know when this went sour, but suspect

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Jim Walls
Mohammed obaidan wrote (in part): Since Apache is used on more UNIX machines than Windows machines, it seems that the audience here are Linux users and are willing to edit the file by a text editor without any helping tool. However, in my point of view, I think when a Windows user want a simple w

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Mohammed obaidan
Hi, I will look in that more thoroughly. Thanks On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Norman Peelman wrote: > Mohammed obaidan wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> OK I am really happy with the replies here and really appreciate your >> opinions and ideas. >> >> Since Apache is used on more UNIX machines than Win

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Norman Peelman
Mohammed obaidan wrote: Hi, OK I am really happy with the replies here and really appreciate your opinions and ideas. Since Apache is used on more UNIX machines than Windows machines, it seems that the audience here are Linux users and are willing to edit the file by a text editor without any h

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Mohammed obaidan
Hi, I read a few about the modules and found out that they are some modules come with Apache distribution here . Others are createds by different people here . I think that the modules that comes with the distribution should be imp

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Octavian Râsnita
From: "Mohammed obaidan" I think when a Windows user want a simple web server will go for IIS because it has a GUI. This will affect Apache usage share, though not that much but at least will have an impact. I use Apache under Windows, because I create the programs under Windows then I put th

Re: [us...@httpd] GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Mohammed obaidan
Hi I took a look at rapache and it seems that depends on Debain and will not work on a different distro. SoI think I will test rapache first and I will contact them if we can join the effort to make it platform independent. Regards On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:50 PM, spacemarc wrote: > 2009/2/14 M

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Mohammed obaidan
Hi, OK I am really happy with the replies here and really appreciate your opinions and ideas. Since Apache is used on more UNIX machines than Windows machines, it seems that the audience here are Linux users and are willing to edit the file by a text editor without any helping tool. However, in m

Re: [us...@httpd] GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread spacemarc
2009/2/14 Mohammed obaidan : > Hi, > > I was searching the internet for a GUI tool for configuring the Apache httpd > server. I found two commercial tools but no open source ones. So I am going > to develop an open source software using java for configuring and maybe > administrating Apache httpd s

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread André Warnier
Mohammed obaidan wrote: [...] My grain of salt : It is your time you will be spending, and how you spend it is up to you. So I do not want to discuss whether it is a good idea or not, or whether you can or cannot or should or should not do it. This is thus just a personal opinion, to add to the

Re: [us...@httpd] Re: GUI for configuring Apache httpd by editing httpd.conf

2009-02-15 Thread Mohammed obaidan
Hi, I took a look at webmin and it is really amazing and beautiful. However, to install it you need lots of work because it has lots of modules. Regarding the Apache configuration part it is really wonderful. However, I do not think it covers all Apache configurations and it does not have extra too