Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 25455 invoked by uid 6000); 9 Jun 1998 10:26:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 25298 invoked from network); 9 Jun 1998 10:26:08 -0000 Received: from slarti.muc.de (193.174.4.10) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 9 Jun 1998 10:26:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 3414 invoked by uid 66); 9 Jun 1998 10:23:58 -0000 Received: by en1.engelschall.com (Sendmail 8.9.0) id LAA21911; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:57:18 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980609115718.A21875@engelschall.com> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:57:18 +0200 From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: --datadir and symbolic links Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i Organization: Engelschall, Germany. X-Home: http://www.engelschall.com/ Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org In article <19980609100437.36937@deejai.mch.sni.de> you wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 07:43:22PM +0200, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: >> In article <199806022031.QAA16174@siam.gensym> you wrote: >> >> > Suggestion for 1.3.1 >> > It would be nice if --datadir could be checked at install >> > or configuration time for symbolic links along the way. > Allowing ``Options +FollowSymLinks'' is also better performance-wise > because apache doesn't have to do an lstat. >> >> I'll try to integrate this in my patch for 1.3.1-dev which already corrects >> Port, Group, ServerAdmin, etc. at install time. Perhaps a warning can be done >> for your symlink problem. > Ahh?! Will these be settable by --switch or will you guess sensible values? Hmmm... Dean recently changed access.conf now to Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Does it mean the issue is already solved this way? Ralf S. Engelschall rse@engelschall.com www.engelschall.com