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From: "Jeff Cohen" <support@gej-it.com>
To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:09:34 -0400
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Subject: RE: [users@httpd] Configuration Questions

Answer for question 1:
I think I answered this thread before, in order to create a "virtual
directory" (=3Da directory which is in a different location than the =
root
directory of the site\server) you should make a "pointer" to it where =
you
say: Alias /sites c:/sites that will mean that whoever is going to go to
http://www.server.com/sites will actually be viewing the content of =
c:/sites
on your server.

If you want to make c:/sites as your root tree, you should change
DocumentRoot variable to: DocumentRoot c:/sites.
That will serve the pages in the address: http://www.server.com without =
the
"virtual directory"

Is it more understandable for you now?

Answer for questions 2:
LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
That will tell the apache web server, load this module next time you =
start
(start means re-read the config files).

The quotation that you mentioned just explaining that win32 user do not =
have
to recompile the apache source like *nix user due to the fact that win32 =
are
in most cases has the same variables for the system itself, so when a =
module
will look for a DLL file, win32 system knows to point and process the
request within the DLL folder which is in most cases is
c:\%WIN_DIR%\system32 .
That means that a win32 user do not *HAVE* to recompile apache's source
tarball from scratch every time he wants to add a new module, because =
the
modules in apache's source are for multiple systems and each system has =
it's
own system files, config, or variables.

Hope I helped you in away to understand it :)

All the best,
Jeff Cohen
Support@GEJ-IT.com
Tel. (416) 917-2324
www.GEJ-IT.com
GEJ-IT Networks!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Blomstrom [mailto:GeoBear@geobop.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:57 PM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: [users@httpd] Configuration Questions
>=20
> I've been rereading the instructions for configuring Apache for =
Windows at
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/platform/windows.html, but I'm still
confused.
>=20
> The first thing I want to get squared away is all the "root" commands.
This
> is what's listed in my conf file:
>=20
> ServerRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2"
> DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs"
>=20
> My websites are stored on my C drive in a folder called sites - =
C:sites.
> Going back to square one, am I supposed to type some reference to =
C:sites
> in the conf folder, or do I just take care of that in Dreamweaver > =
Sites
>
> Edit Site?
>=20
> I'm also a little confused by this passage:
>=20
> "Apache for Windows contains the ability to load modules at runtime,
> without recompiling the server. If Apache is compiled normally, it =
will
> install a number of optional modules in the \Apache2\modules =
directory. To
> activate these or other modules, the new LoadModule directive must be
used.
> For example, to activate the status module, use the following (in =
addition
> to the status-activating directives in access.conf):
>=20
> "LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so"
>=20
> Is this something I have to do or should do? If so, then do I simply
create
> a new line with the text
> LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so - presumably at the =
head of
> the list of LoadModule commands?
>=20
> Thanks.
>=20
>=20
>=20
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