general/2344: httpd appears to ignore command line flags -d dir and -f config

[Ken Rich <ke...@cc.rochester.edu>]

>Number:         2344
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       httpd appears to ignore command line flags -d dir and -f config
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun  3 06:10:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     kenr@cc.rochester.edu
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2.5
>Environment:
SunOS 5.5.1 Generic_103640-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
>Description:
httpd insists on always using the default ServerRoot and configs,
regardless of the options given to it on the command line.  The symptoms
are overwritten logs and an inability to use separate DocumentRoots
on different machines in a cluster using the same NFS mounted httpd
installation.
>How-To-Repeat:
Set up and run httpd on machine A, NFS mount that area to machine B,
set up a new ServerRoot on B and run the NFS mounted httpd -d newServerRoot
-f newConfigFile.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
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