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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by "Anthony N. Frasso" <af...@yahoo.com> on 2004/03/08 02:22:34 UTC
[users@httpd] How does httpd determine the default location of the configuration file?
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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Re: [users@httpd] How does httpd determine the default location of
the configuration file?
Posted by 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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