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Modified: . README.NT Log: Make the NT README more consistent with the standard README. Remove things which are not really relevant to someone reading this file after installing the pre-compiled binary (e.g. "Multithreading is not properly abstracted"). Remove <...> from around filenames and URLs. Revision Changes Path 1.14 +66 -70 apache-1.3/README.NT Index: README.NT =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-1.3/README.NT,v retrieving revision 1.13 retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 --- README.NT 1998/10/03 12:25:53 1.13 +++ README.NT 1999/03/19 15:55:26 1.14 @@ -1,95 +1,91 @@ - Apache for Windows - Version 1.3 (and up) -What is it? ------------ + Apache + Version 1.3 (and up) -Apache is an HTTP server, originally designed for Unix systems. This -is the first major release of Apache for Windows systems, including -Microsoft Windows NT, 98, and 95. Like the Unix version, it includes -many frequently requested new features, and has an API that allows it -to be extended to meet users' needs more easily. It also allows ISAPI -extensions. + What is it? + ----------- -Documentation -------------- + Apache is an HTTP server, originally designed for Unix systems. This + is the version of Apache for Microsoft Windows NT, 98, and 95 + systems. Like the Unix version, it includes many frequently + requested new features, and has an API that allows it to be extended + to meet users' needs more easily. It also allows ISAPI extensions. -The documentation available as of the date of this release is also -included, in HTML format, in the <./htdocs/manual/> directory. -For the most up-to-date documentation, visit us on the WWW at -<http://www.apache.org/>. For Windows specific information, see -<http://www.apache.org/docs/windows.html>. -WARNING -------- + The Latest Version + ------------------ -Apache on Win32 has not yet been optimized for performance. Apache still -performs best, and is most reliable on Unix platforms. Over time we -will improve performance for Windows NT. Folks doing comparative reviews -of webserver performance are asked to compare against Apache on a Unix -platform such as Solaris, FreeBSD, or Linux. + Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP + server project page under http://www.apache.org/. -Apache on Win32 should still be considered beta quality code. It does not -meet the normal standards of stability and security that Unix releases do. + Documentation + ------------- -Installation or Compilation Instructions ----------------------------------------- + The documentation available as of the date of this release is + also included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory. + For the most up-to-date documentation can be found on + http://www.apache.org/docs/. For Windows specific information, see + http://www.apache.org/docs/windows.html. -See the website <http://www.apache.org/docs/windows.html> for details of -how to install Apache from a binary release or how to compile Apache -from scratch. This file is also included in the distribution as -<./htdocs/manual/windows.html>. + WARNING + ------- -Known Problems --------------- + Apache on Win32 has not yet been optimized for performance. Apache + still performs best, and is most reliable on Unix platforms. Over + time we will improve performance for Windows NT. Folks doing + comparative reviews of webserver performance are asked to compare + against Apache on a Unix platform such as Solaris, FreeBSD, or + Linux. -To get information about the current set of known problems, see our -online bug reporting database at <http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html>. -In particular, search for problem reports under the category "os-windows". + Apache on Win32 should still be considered beta quality code. It + does not meet the normal standards of stability and security that + Unix releases do. -This is a rough list of what we know has not been implemented on Win32. + Installation + ------------ -- The User directive is not supported. If you run apache as a service, - you can change the user it runs as by going to - Control Panel->Services->Startup + If you have installed Apache as a pre-compiled binary, you can + now run the server by selecting "Start Apache as console app" + from the Start menu. You can configure Apache for your system + by editing the file conf/httpd.conf in the directory where you + installed Apache. -- suexec doesn't work + See the http://www.apache.org/docs/windows.html for details of how + to run and configure Apache, or select the "Apache Documentation" + icon read the local copy installed with Apache. -- RFC 1413 (IdentityCheck) is not yet ported + Known Problems + -------------- -- If you have a very busy server, when a server child process exits, - any connections made to that child process that have not yet been - accepted by it are aborted. + To get information about the current set of known problems, see the + online bug reporting database at + http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html. Bugs which affect Apache on + Windows and not Apache on Unix can be found under the category + "os-windows". -- The regex library build does not generate *.ih headers. + Licensing + --------- -- Multithreading is not properly abstracted + Please see the file called LICENSE. -- htpasswd passwords are stored in plain text because Windows lacks a - crypt() function + Acknowledgments + ---------------- -Licensing ---------- + We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that + make up portions of the Apache software: -Please see the file called LICENSE. + Portions of this software were developed at the National Center + for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of + Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. -Acknowledgments ----------------- + This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security + Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, including various + modifications by Spyglass Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, and + Bell Communications Research, Inc (Bellcore). -We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that make up -portions of the Apache software: + This package contains software written and copyrighted by Henry + Spencer. Please see the file called src/regex/COPYRIGHT. -Portions of this software were developed at the National Center for -Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at -Urbana-Champaign. + The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group + by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (http://www.valicert.com/). -This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security Inc. MD5 -Message-Digest Algorithm, including various modifications by Spyglass Inc., -Carnegie Mellon University, and Bell Communications Research, Inc. -(Bellcore). - -This package contains software written and copyrighted by Henry Spencer. -Please see the file called src/regex/COPYRIGHT. - -The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group -by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (www.valicert.com).
