Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 22056 invoked by uid 6000); 20 Nov 1998 22:50:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 22044 invoked from network); 20 Nov 1998 22:50:54 -0000 Received: from ns1.covalent.net (HELO zuul.covalent.net) (208.214.56.2) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 20 Nov 1998 22:50:54 -0000 Received: from montana.covalent.net (montana.covalent.net [207.91.27.101]) by zuul.covalent.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA14770 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:50:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from randy@Covalent.NET) Received: (from randy@localhost) by montana.covalent.net (8.9.1/8.8.7) id QAA02972; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:48:57 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from randy) To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: Contribution: SuEXEC Options References: <19981115192626.33646@dialup.fu-berlin.de> <19981116195029.47689@dialup.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Randy Terbush Date: 20 Nov 1998 16:48:56 -0600 In-Reply-To: Oezguer Kesim's message of "Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:50:29 +0100" Message-ID: Lines: 22 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Diamond" Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org Oezguer Kesim writes: > Thus spake Gary Shea (shea@gtsdesign.com): > > > -- In the docs for Option we find: > > All > > All options except for MultiViews. This is the default setting. > > That's clearly not what we want with SuEXEC. Should we create a new > > keyword to avoid fouling up the Option semantics, or maybe suggest: > > All > > All options except for MultiViews and SuEXEC. > > This is the default setting. > > `All' should _not_ include suEXEC. I've long thought that 'All' should mean "All". The current exemption violates the rule of "least astonishment". Building on this violation seems to me a mistake. Also, last I knew we were running out of space in the storage of the Option flags. Has that been changed?