The following reply was made to PR mod_info/707; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lars Eilebrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: mod_info/707: mod_info shows no config Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:42:40 -0600 (MDT) On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Lars Eilebrecht wrote: > > Synopsis: mod_info shows no config > [...] > > Are your config files and all the directories leading > > up to them readable by the user the server runs as, ie. > > the user listed in the "User" directive? > > *oops* the module reads the config files itself... > Sorry, that was new to me... yes changing the permissions > solves the problem. Maybe it would be a good idea to let > mod_info output a message, if it cannot read the config files. It should have logged something in the error_log; Apache is normally deliberately elusive with responses returned to the client (eg. most things just cause an internal server error, with the real info being in the error_log) to avoid giving away any information about the site or its setup. This is a borderline case, since obviously if you give someone access to read your server config then it seems reasonable to let them know it can't read it. Perhaps worth changing.
