[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-04 Thread Amanda waite
Sorry, I missed this. Ignore my earlier email repeating the RBAC question. Amanda Jyri Virkki wrote: > Amanda Waite wrote: > >> The second hole is RBAC. How do I add entries to prof_attr and exec_attr >> in /etc/security via a package install without a script? I assume that >> this is strai

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-04 Thread Amanda waite
David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote: >> Definitely there's value in having 'man lighttpd' come up with >> something useful without having to customize MANPATH, otherwise it is >> easy to mistakenly think it's not available. >> > > Agreed. I think a best practice here is to supply an umbrella page >

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-04 Thread Amanda waite
Thanks. The one thing I'm still stuck on is RBAC. How do I add RBAC entries to the various *_attr files without using scripts? Cheers Amanda Jyri Virkki wrote: > Amanda waite wrote: > >> I propose that we build with support for as many modules as possible, >> but leave any "stub" libraries

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-03 Thread david.co...@sun.com
> reasonably convinced that the correct approach is to treat it like > Apache httpd. That leaves us with /usr/lighttpd/14/sbin/lighttpd and > /usr/lighttpd/bin/spawn-fcgi as the path to the executables. Are links > necessary? I personally would prefer to type /usr/lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd > than /usr

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-03 Thread david.co...@sun.com
> Definitely there's value in having 'man lighttpd' come up with > something useful without having to customize MANPATH, otherwise it is > easy to mistakenly think it's not available. Agreed. I think a best practice here is to supply an umbrella page which can point at where in the rest of the hi

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-03 Thread Jyri Virkki
Amanda Waite wrote: > > The second hole is RBAC. How do I add entries to prof_attr and exec_attr > in /etc/security via a package install without a script? I assume that > this is straightforward and that I just simply don't know the answer. Unfortunately no, turns out there isn't any way of doi

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-03 Thread Jyri Virkki
Amanda Waite wrote: > > Looking at the Apache 2.2.6 Arc case and also on my snv_b82 systems, the > man pages are in /usr/apache2/2.2/man (and for the older version in > /usr/apache2/man). Am I missing something? > > Also in order to access the Apache man pages you have to add > /usr/apache2/2.

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-03 Thread Jyri Virkki
Amanda waite wrote: > > I propose that we build with support for as many modules as possible, > but leave any "stub" libraries in the distribution so that when trying > to use a module that we don't have support for, users get back an error > message that they can google for and get meaningful r

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-03 Thread Amanda Waite
Hi Siriam, Sriram Natarajan wrote: > Hi > - More appropriate SMF service name would be network/http:lighttpd. > - You might want to provide a symbolic link so that users can access > lighttpd from /usr/lighttpd/bin like the same way we have done for PHP > and MySQL. > - man page also need to r

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-01 Thread Amanda waite
Thanks Jyri, All, Creating a Lighttpd admin profile requires adding auths and creating a Profile entry. How do I add entries to the likes of prof_attr and auth_attr without using scripts? Maybe it's a discussion for another forum and I can just state the intent to create the Lighttpd Admin P

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-01 Thread Amanda waite
Jyri Virkki wrote: >>> - You might want to provide a symbolic link so that users can access >>> lighttpd from /usr/lighttpd/bin like the same way we have done for PHP >>> and MySQL. >>> >> >> What's the logic behind that? Is it mainly to make it easier to get to? >> > > Yes but l

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-03-01 Thread Jyri Virkki
Amanda waite wrote: > > I asked the Lighttpd forum and had a couple of replies, both came people > who had a high level of involvement in the Lighttpd community. One said > that they rarely run the lighttpd executable directly, only when looking > at issues. Sounds good, so I'd skip adding the

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-02-29 Thread Amanda waite
Hi Siriam, Thanks for the feedback. Sriram Natarajan wrote: > Hi > - More appropriate SMF service name would be network/http:lighttpd. > Is the point being that I should just add lighttpd as an instance to network/httpd or is the dropping of the '14' suffix also significant. What I mean is

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-02-29 Thread Amanda Waite
Hi all, Attached is the 2nd rev of the Lighttpd Arc Case, I'll post this to the Wiki tomorrow. There are a couple of holes in it, one is something I'm investigating in the background and the other is a question on one of the points raised by Jyri. The first hole is that I'm still looking at th

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-02-29 Thread Jyri Virkki
> > - You might want to provide a symbolic link so that users can access > > lighttpd from /usr/lighttpd/bin like the same way we have done for PHP > > and MySQL. > > What's the logic behind that? Is it mainly to make it easier to get to? Yes but let's also consider the distinction between

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-02-29 Thread Sriram Natarajan
Prashant Good question. Frankly, I don't know the right answer. Hope, there is a mechanism within Open Solaris to provide a install order. Hope, some one more knowledgeable will be able to add valuable insight on this issue thanks sriram Prashant Srinivasan wrote: >> t a later date. >> >> >

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-02-29 Thread Prashant Srinivasan
> t a later date. > > >>> - You might want to provide a symbolic link so that users can access >>> lighttpd from /usr/lighttpd/bin like the same way we have done for PHP >>> and MySQL. >>> >>> >>> >> What's the logic behind that? Is it mainly to make it easier to get to? >> W

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-02-29 Thread Sriram Natarajan
Amanda waite wrote: > Hi Siriam, > > Thanks for the feedback. > > Sriram Natarajan wrote: > >> Hi >> - More appropriate SMF service name would be network/http:lighttpd. >> >> > Is the point being that I should just add lighttpd as an instance to > network/httpd or is the dropping of

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration rev 2

2008-02-29 Thread Sriram Natarajan
Hi - More appropriate SMF service name would be network/http:lighttpd. - You might want to provide a symbolic link so that users can access lighttpd from /usr/lighttpd/bin like the same way we have done for PHP and MySQL. - man page also need to reside under /usr/share/man/.. in the same way

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-22 Thread Amanda Waite
Thanks for the input Jyri, I'll take everyones comments, suggestions and instructions offline, do some research and come back with an updated Arc Case in a couple of days. Thanks all Amanda Jyri Virkki wrote: > Amanda Waite wrote: > >> Attached is a draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-22 Thread Jyri Virkki
Amanda Waite wrote: > > Attached is a draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration into Solaris. I > notice that many Arc cases say "into Solaris" and not "into OpenSolaris" > or "into Nevada" or "into SXCE" and I'm not sure what the correct choice > of words is. I doubt anyone will nitpick that lev

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread Amanda waite
David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote: >> - Should we need to integrate .la files ? >> > > The current consensus is to not deliver .la files. > Thanks, I'll drop them > >> - Shouldnt lighttpd be under /usr/bin instead of /usr/sbin ? >> > > Actually, it probably should be under /usr/lib as it

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread Amanda waite
Sriram Natarajan wrote: > - Should we need to integrate .la files ? > We don't need to, but they seem to have some use and they don't get in the way. > - Shouldnt lighttpd be under /usr/bin instead of /usr/sbin ? > By default Lighttpd always installs to $PREFIX/sbin, on Ubuntu that's /usr/s

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread Amanda Waite
Thanks for the comments. Replies inline. Prashant Srinivasan wrote: > Amanda, > > > Lighttpd is delivered as the SUNWlhttpd package > > We will need a SUNWlhttpdusr and a SUNWlhttpdroot package at least, to > cover the files that go into /usr and /var. I'm not sure if the /etc > artifacts ne

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread Amanda Waite
Attached is a draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration into Solaris. I notice that many Arc cases say "into Solaris" and not "into OpenSolaris" or "into Nevada" or "into SXCE" and I'm not sure what the correct choice of words is. This is my first Arc Case so please feel free to tear it to shreds

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread david.co...@sun.com
> - Should we need to integrate .la files ? The current consensus is to not deliver .la files. > - Shouldnt lighttpd be under /usr/bin instead of /usr/sbin ? Actually, it probably should be under /usr/lib as it's not an executable a user would typically type the name of (or is it?) dsc

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread david.co...@sun.com
> Do you happen to know as what is the convention here - SUNWlhttpdroot or > SUNWlhttpdr ? Though, this is very cosmetic - I always have this > confusion as to what is the standard ? The old convention was to just tack 'r' at the end but starting with Solaris 9, package names could be up to 32 cha

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread Sriram Natarajan
- Should we need to integrate .la files ? - Shouldnt lighttpd be under /usr/bin instead of /usr/sbin ? - what is the backward compatibility issues with lighttpd ? If newer releases are not compatible with previous releases, then the convention to put these components under /usr/lighthttpd/ - sr

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread Sriram Natarajan
Amanda Waite wrote: > Thanks for the comments. Replies inline. > > Prashant Srinivasan wrote: > >> Amanda, >> >> > Lighttpd is delivered as the SUNWlhttpd package >> >> We will need a SUNWlhttpdusr and a SUNWlhttpdroot package at least, to >> cover the files that go into /usr and /var. I'

[webstack-discuss] Draft Arc Case for Lighttpd integration

2008-02-21 Thread Prashant Srinivasan
Amanda, > Lighttpd is delivered as the SUNWlhttpd package We will need a SUNWlhttpdusr and a SUNWlhttpdroot package at least, to cover the files that go into /usr and /var. I'm not sure if the /etc artifacts need another package for them - I'm guessing not. Since the /usr and /var separat