config/3279: Apache silently ignores a missing ">" in a statement

[Andreas Jung <aj...@sz-sb.de>]

>Number:         3279
>Category:       config
>Synopsis:       Apache silently ignores a missing ">" in a <Directory> statement
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 23 00:40:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ajung@sz-sb.de
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.3
>Environment:
SunOS saarland 5.5.1 Generic_103640-05 sun4m  
>Description:
My Apache silently ignores the following wrong config lines:

<directory /home/ajung/testbed/html/search
Options ExecCGI
</directory>  

The ending ">" is missing. 

httpd -t say "Syntax OK"

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>Fix:

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