There is not httpd on Debian/Ubuntu. It's called apache2 and /etc/apache2 is the config folder. To check if apache is installed and where you run the dpkg command, something like this:
# sudo dpkg -s apache2 and # sudo dpkg -S apache2 Igor On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Stephen <stephe...@rogers.com> wrote: > John Hudak wrote: > >> I've seen apps installed in sbin, and /home/username when from my >> perspective, they should have been in bin. While I haven't used a lot >> of different distros (slackware, RH (prior to their business model >> change), and commercial Unix distros by att, sun, dec, HP), I've never >> run into 'sudo'...I can understand the security argument for this, but >> don't necessarily agree with the approach. Anyway. its more of a 'Why >> do they do this' as a general question as opposed to a specific >> configuration. >> Guess I should take this question to the Debian forum.... >> >> > I believe the argument for using sudo is that it becomes possible to run a > system without a root account. > This is the default for an Ubuntu install. No risk of a user running as > root. > > Prompting the user for his password when he is doing "root things" makes it > very clear that he is doing root > things. Windows has adopted this idea. > > Ubuntu has a goal of being usable by less sophisticated users. Deviations > from "Unix standards" (whichever > one you prefer) should be evaluated against this goal. > > It seems reasonable to me to call the apache binary, "apache". But there is > always pain in getting from here to > there when computer standards are being changed. > > Stephen > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
