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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by ca...@comcast.net on 2005/11/04 21:12:17 UTC
[users@httpd] http.con configuration settings
Hi all,
Within httpd.con file I have seen these duplicate directives (#1 and #2):
1.
<IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>
<IfModule !mpm_netware.c>
LockFile logs/accept.lock
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
2.
<IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>
<IfModule !mpm_netware.c>
User nobody
Group #-1
Group nobody
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
It is ok to combine them into a single one? Or there is a particular reason behind these configuration settings.
Thank you,
--
Maria Cabral
"We are prone to judge success by
the index of our salaries or the
size of our automobile rather than
by the quality of our service and
relationship to mankind."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
Re: [users@httpd] http.con configuration settings
Posted by Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com>.
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cabral32@comcast.net wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Within httpd.con file I have seen these duplicate directives (#1 and #2):
Perhaps it might make more sense, as well as making the answer
self-evident, to provide a translation:
> <IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>
If I'm not running Windows ...
> <IfModule !mpm_netware.c>
And if I'm not running netware ...
Do this
> LockFile logs/accept.lock
End of inner "if" statement
> </IfModule>
End of outer "if" statement
> </IfModule>
The various "if" directives (IfModule, IfDefine, IfVersion) are in the
default configuration file so that the default file will work no matter
what environment you're in. However, since you know what environment
you're in, those If* blocks can all be removed - that is, get rid of the
ones that don't apply to you, and leave the ones that do, but without
the "If" qualifier.
I've seen a lot of people lately using <IfModule> blocks, for example,
as though they are somehow required to make stuff work. They aren't, and
they add an additional layer of troubleshooting.
- --
Rich Bowen
rbowen@rcbowen.com
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Re: [users@httpd] http.con configuration settings
Posted by "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net>.
Combine them if you like, they aren't 'duplicates' - but they were organized
that way to keep the flow of settings (from low-level machine to higher level
content and hosts). Organize your own httpd.conf however it makes the most
sense to you :)
cabral32@comcast.net wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Within httpd.con file I have seen these duplicate directives (#1 and #2):
>
> 1.
>
> <IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>
>
> <IfModule !mpm_netware.c>
>
> LockFile logs/accept.lock
>
> </IfModule>
>
> </IfModule>
>
>
>
> 2.
>
> <IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>
>
> <IfModule !mpm_netware.c>
>
> User nobody
>
> Group #-1
>
> Group nobody
>
> </IfModule>
>
> </IfModule>
>
>
>
> It is ok to combine them into a single one? Or there is a particular
> reason behind these configuration settings.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> --
> Maria Cabral
> "We are prone to judge success by
> the index of our salaries or the
> size of our automobile rather than
> by the quality of our service and
> relationship to mankind."
> - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
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