Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-14 Thread Michael Stewart (vericgar)
Michael Crute wrote: Hmm... I seem to remember some problem with PHP only compiling if threads was set to on. Maybe not, will have to test it to see if there is any good reason that I still have that in my package.use. Thanks for the tip. -Mike PHP and apache are not the same software.

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Michael Stewart (vericgar)
Michael Crute wrote: net-www/apache mpm-prefork threads As a side note from the Apache maintainer: This USE-flag combination is pointless. The threads USE-flag is only used if you don't specify a MPM USE-flag, and caused the mpm to be mpm-worker. (If threads is not set, the MPM defaults to

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/13/06, Michael Stewart (vericgar) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Crute wrote: net-www/apache mpm-prefork threads As a side note from the Apache maintainer: This USE-flag combination is pointless. The threads USE-flag is only used if you don't specify a MPM USE-flag, and caused the mpm

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Brian Davis
Can one covert a non-hardended machine to use the hardended-profile, or do you have to start from scratch? Michael Crute wrote: On 9/12/06, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used 2006.1 livecd to install a pII machine. It's going to become a (minimalistic) apache2 server. I just let the

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread bridavis
Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used 'tcpd' Doesn't tcpd add security, thus suggesting it's use for a more secure system? Thanks, Brian

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Ryan Tandy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used 'tcpd' Doesn't tcpd add security, thus suggesting it's use for a more secure system? Thanks, Brian It can. I haven't yet had a need to implement host-based security, and if I ever do, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread bridavis
Good point, I suppose iptables can do pretty much everything tcp_wrappers can do. -- Original message -- From: Ryan Tandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used'tcpd' Doesn't tcpd add

[gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-12 Thread James
Hello, I used 2006.1 livecd to install a pII machine. It's going to becomme a (minimalistic) apache2 server. I just let the installation set the flags for the install so I have these flags currently: CURRENT USE= X alsa arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli crypt cups dbus dlloader dri

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-12 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/12/06, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used 2006.1 livecd to install a pII machine. It's going to become a (minimalistic) apache2 server. I just let the installation set the flags for the install so I have these flags currently: snip Those look a bit excessive for a minimalist

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-12 Thread Ryan Tandy
Michael Crute wrote: USE=-* hardened pic ncurses ssl crypt berkdb tcpd pam perl python readline Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used 'tcpd' or 'berkdb' on any system I run, and 'perl' and 'python' are *much* more useful (IMO) as local flags (in package.use)