>A big fundamental problem with Apache is that it is a common novice error
>to support multipule virtual hosts in one log file with no way to
>distinguish which log lines go with which host.
Really? I don't think that's so much a problem with Apache so much as users
who simply make the logical (but incorrect) assumption that a log file logs
*all* server activity in one place. The comment "Any srm.conf or httpd.conf
directive can appear within a VirtualHost configuration" that appears in
httpd.conf makes it totally clear what's possible. Compare this to Nutscrape
or II$ and I think Apache is a model of clarity.
>The only way to resolve it is to have an entire tutorial that explains
>the "one true way" to configure everything.
Apache is essentially a UNIX application. "UNIX doesn't stop you doing
stupid things, because that would also stop you doing fantastic things."
JJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Linhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 January 1999 06:33
Subject: Re: [analog-help] why are virtual hosts difficult?
>On 1/19/99 2:18 PM Stephen Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>>I get a lot of queries about how to set up analog with virtual hosts. Can
>>anyone tell me why so many people are confused about this? Or what I can
do
>>to the documentation to help them?
>
>A big fundamental problem with Apache is that it is a common novice error
>to support multipule virtual hosts in one log file with no way to
>distinguish which log lines go with which host.
>
>Another is that Analog can be configured many different ways, command
>line, analhead.h, analog.cfg, a manditory config file, or multipule
>seperate configurations files. How is one to pick between those
>approaches.
>
>The Appache documentation is not clear about what approach to take
>either. If you read the entire document you can begin to see the
>flexibility and range of options, but no one does that. There are way to
>many choices that people have no way to pick between, such as combined or
>seperate log files, include or don't include the virtual host name in the
>log. Most of the combinations work so which one do I tell someone to use?
>How can they even figure out (let alone you or me) if they already made
>these decisions or someone else made them for them?
>
>The only way to resolve it is to have an entire tutorial that explains
>the "one true way" to configure everything. People who want to do it
>another way just need to understand everything on their own. Unfortunatly
>that must include seperate instructions for each web server, since in
>Apache you probably want seperate logs and in WebSTAR you want a single
>combined log but make sure to include the server name, and on and on.
>
>Actualy what users probably want is the "magic" read my Apache
>configuration file and do something based on that procedure.
>
>Jason
>
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>example, 'One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish' can be deconstructed
>as a searing indictment of the narrow-minded binary counting system.
> -- Peter van der Linden, Expert C Programming, Deep C Secrets
>
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