Re: mod_info/963: The data under the section 'Current Configuration' does not show up on servers whose config files reside across NFS. (fwd)

[Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>]

The following reply was made to PR mod_info/963; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>
To: Apache bugs database <ap...@apache.org>
Subject: Re: mod_info/963: The data under the section 'Current Configuration' does not show up on servers whose config files reside across NFS. (fwd)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 19:32:23 -0600 (MDT)

 
 
 
 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 10:49:39 +1000
 From: Boyd Currey <bo...@ozemail.com.au>
 To: Marc Slemko <ma...@hyperreal.org>
 Subject: Re: mod_info/963: The data under the section 'Current Configuration' does not show up on servers whose config files reside across NFS.
 
 Marc Slemko wrote:
 > 
 > Synopsis: The data under the section 'Current Configuration' does not show up on servers whose config files reside across NFS.
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: open-analyzed
 > State-Changed-By: marc
 > State-Changed-When: Mon Aug  4 10:06:11 PDT 1997
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Are the config files readable by the user the child
 > processes run as?
 
 The config files are world readable. They are initially shown by
 mod_info (ie, after a server restart or HUP/USR1, but after a while
 mod_info says that it couldn't open the files and reports it in
 the error log files, and nothing shows up under the 'Current
 Configuration' section on the info page.
 
 > This doesn't really sound like an Apache problem, but
 > rather some odd NFS thing.
 
 Perhaps, but then why are the files readable for a short while?
 Like I noted in the original report, if I log into the server that
 Apache is running on, and then 'cd' into the directory that
 holds the config files (over NFS) and then reload the info page
 the 'Current Configuration' data appears on the info page.
 
 If it is a deeply embedded NFS problem, then wouldn't the actual
 web pages not be delivered as well, as they too are loaded over NFS?
 It seems to be only mod_info that has this problem.
 
 Regards,
 Boyd
 
 
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