Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) id MAA10372; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:38:44 -0700 Received: from fully.organic.com by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id MAA10366; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:38:42 -0700 Received: from localhost (brian@localhost) by fully.organic.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA19416 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:43:02 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: fully.organic.com: brian owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:43:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Behlendorf To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Subject: Re: Bad choice of directory names for info- & status-modules In-Reply-To: <199607241549.IAA09896@atropos.c2.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-new-httpd@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Okay, I have now modifed the documentation in mod_info.c and mod_status.c, and the dist access.conf, to go to "server-status" and "server-info". Why not "apache-info"? I thought about how much I'd detest it if Netscape recommended people use "netscape-status" for an equivalent function. :) Brian On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, sameer wrote: > I agree. I think default headers for info and > status modules should be apache-info and apache-status. I screwed up > one of my customers when I upgraded to 1.1.1 (stronghold 1.3 actually) > [My fault, I admit, but making the change in the default would have > less people making this mistake.] > > > > > Dennis Lundberg wrote: > > > > > >e-mail: dennis.lundberg@mdh.se > > > > > >OS: Solaris 2.X > > > > > >Apache version: 1.1.1 > > > > > >Extra modules: config_log_module status_module > > > > > >Symptoms: > > >If you have a directory, like we have, called "information" in your > > >documentroot and use the new info_module, you can't access your > > >directory "information" any more. > > >When you type in: > > > http://www.some.where/information/ > > >as the location Apache automatically switches to the info_module page. > > >I suggest using a less common directory-name like "apache-info" for the > > >info_module and "apache-status" for the status_module. > > > > > >ULR: > > >Sorry, I had to remove the info_module to keep our /information-pages > > >available. > > > > These names are user configurable, but I see your point, and maybe > > we should do something to warn people. > > > > I'll pass the info on. thanks. > > > > > > rob > > > > > -- > Sameer Parekh Voice: 510-986-8770 > Community ConneXion, Inc. FAX: 510-986-8777 > The Internet Privacy Provider > http://www.c2.net/ sameer@c2.net > > --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- brian@organic.com www.apache.org hyperreal.com http://www.organic.com/JOBS