(My apologies for sending this earlier with no subject.) Hello. I am stumped by a problem I'm having with Apache 2 and IHS 2 on AIX 5.3. I have tried this scenario with both a custom compiled Apache 2.2.4 as well as IHS 2.0.47. In both cases, the behavior is identical. Using Apache 1.3, I don't have the problem. I have been researching the problem for several days, but can not find any issue that describes the behavior I¹m seeing. The problem is as follows:
I request index.html from the webserver and receive it properly in my browser. I then log onto the server, edit the file with vi, save it and exit. Then I return to my browser and request index.html again and it appears as though nothing has changed. My edit does not show up. Sometimes, after making an edit, I try to open the page in my browser and receive a message that the browser couldn't reach the server. In trying to track down the problem, I have discovered that, first, the web server is not crashing. It is also receiving and logging the GET request for the page. When it logs the request, it logs a 200 OK and the correct *new* file size. I then performed an experiment using wget to request index.html. On the first request, I receive the correct version. After editing index.html on the server and adding a large number of characters, I submit the request with wget again and receive an error saying "No data received." After a few minutes, the requests begin to work again and I receive the correct, new version. After editing the file again and removing any number of characters, I make the request again and receive a file of the correct, new size. However, the contents of the file when opened still contain the removed characters, and the file itself is truncated by the same number of characters I had removed. My initial thoughts were that the problem had to do with memory caching or disk caching in Apache, but I have confirmed that those modules are not loaded. No caching is enabled. Also, no errors are logged. Stopping and starting Apache makes no difference. I can even completely remove and reinstall the Apache files, including the document root, and upon starting up Apache, it will continue for several minutes with this behavior. In every case, eventually, after several minutes, the correct, new file will be delivered properly. Over the weekend I tested the configuration on both Linux and OS X, and did not have any problems. One other test I performed before the weekend went as follows: I had just edited the file index.html and confirmed that Apache was not sending it correctly. I went on the AIX server, shut down Apache, completely removed the server root, including the document root where index.html was stored. Took the time to compile a brand new copy of 2.2.4 ensuring that all the caching options were disabled. Installed the new version and configured it. Copied a new index.html into the document root and started the server. All of this took 30 to 45 minutes, and when I first requested the page with wget, I received the same broken file I had last received from the Apache process I had shutdown earlier. After a 3 or 4 minutes went past, the server started serving the new index.html correctly. This is happening on more than one AIX server. I am really confused. Has anyone seen anything like this? Am I missing something in AIX? I appreciate everyone's help. Regards, Ryan Coulter The information included in this e-mail message, including any attachments, is intended only for the person or organization to which it is addressed. This e-mail message may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you receive this e-mail message and are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you may not use, disseminate, distribute or copy the information included in this e-mail and any attachments. If you received this e-mail message by mistake, please reply by e-mail and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
