Re: [users@httpd] How does httpd determine the default location of the configuration file?

[Hendrik-Jan van der Waal <h...@vdwaal.net>]

Hi

Running debian (woody). Most likely the environment is set in the script
that is used to start the daemon. Look at /etc/init.d/apache

GL
Hendrik-Jan
> I am running OpenBSD 3.3 on my machine, and have been running Apache 2
> (under a simple configuration) for about a week now.  During the
> installation process, the apache binaries were placed in
> /usr/local/apache2, and the configuration file as well as the htdocs
> directory were placed in /var/www.  I am wondering how httpd is able to
> determine where httpd.conf is located?  Is it simply based on the
> operating system I am running (i.e. "The user is running OpenBSD, so
> httpd.conf *must* be located in /var/www...")?  Or is there some
> parameter that is set (maybe in the source code or the installation
> scripts) to give a default location for the file?  I already know that
> I can use the -f to change the configuration file used, but this is
> more a matter of curiosity than actual problem solving.  Thank you for
> your help.
>
> Anthony Frasso
>
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