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From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
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Subject: [PATCH] remove bogus LockFile warning from docs
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None of the issues with placement of the LockFile apply, so the below
warning about the LockFile directive is not necessary.  The only risk is
that someone else could create a file with that name and prevent the
server from starting; well, a lot of files unless they can guess the pid.

Index: core.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/htdocs/manual/mod/core.html,v
retrieving revision 1.87
diff -u -r1.87 core.html
--- core.html	1997/12/14 01:04:56	1.87
+++ core.html	1997/12/22 21:07:52
@@ -1029,9 +1029,6 @@
 must be stored on a local disk</b>.  The PID of the main
 server process is automatically appended to the filename. <p>
 
-The LockFile is subject to the same warnings about log file placement and
-<a href="../misc/security_tips.html#serverroot">security</a>.
-
 <P><HR>
 
 <h2><A name="maxclients">MaxClients directive</A></h2>