The following reply was made to PR other/820; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Elliot Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: other/820: httpd_monitor doesn't get right config file Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:56:04 -0700 (PDT)
Apache 1.2.0 on linux 2.x does not use a scoreboard file and httpd_monitor will not work at all with it. The replacement is mod_status. (scoreboard files are evil and unreliable.) Dean On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Elliot Lee wrote: > > >Number: 820 > >Category: other > >Synopsis: httpd_monitor doesn't get right config file > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project) > >State: open > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: apache > >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 2 13:30:01 1997 > >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Organization: > apache > >Release: 1.2.0 > >Environment: > Red Hat Linux 4.2, Linux 2.0.30 kernel > >Description: > If the compiled-in default httpd.conf configuration file is > not relative to the compiled-in server root, httpd_monitor > fails to open the config file, and exits. > >How-To-Repeat: > Edit httpd.h to set the location of httpd.conf to an absolute path. > >Fix: > Make httpd_monitor check for a leading / on the httpd.conf location > before prepending the default server root > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > > >
