RE: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1

2001-02-02 Thread Geoffrey Young
> -Original Message- > From: Charles John Brabec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 2:36 PM > To: Christian Gilmore > Cc: Geoffrey Young; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1 > > > Christian, Geoff, et

RE: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1

2001-02-02 Thread Geoffrey Young
> -Original Message- > From: Christian Gilmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 2:00 PM > To: Geoffrey Young > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1 > > > > Geoff,

Re: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1

2001-02-02 Thread Charles John Brabec
Christian, Geoff, et al, I was not aware of the Apache::ModuleConfig setup, thanks for the pointer. According to chapter 8, p388, the setup requires configuring the Makefile.PL so it will create an .xs file and compile it as part of the make process. The module must be loaded into Apache via a P

RE: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1

2001-02-02 Thread Christian Gilmore
Geoff, et al: I've toyed with ModuleConfig, and it is really cool, but I was under the impression that people stayed away from using it since it appears to require a recompile of mod_perl for every module that inserts a new directive into the list. That's why I assumed the use of PerlSetVar was

RE: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1

2001-02-02 Thread Geoffrey Young
> -Original Message- > From: Charles John Brabec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 12:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1 > > [snip] > > I called the module Apache::BlockSymLinks since it is ba

[RFC] Apache::BlockSymLinks 0.1

2001-02-02 Thread Charles John Brabec
Hi Folks, I've got a situation that needed a solution. Say I have a directory in my htdocs that contains: frames.html- a document index.html -> frames.html - a symbolic link hacker.txt -> /etc/passwd - another symbolic link I'd like to allow the index.html link to wor