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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY apache-download-http "http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-&apache-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY apache-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/apache/dist/httpd/httpd-&apache-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY apache-size "5.7 MB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY apache-buildsize "75 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY apache-time "1.32 SBU">
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| 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[7c7fa7d] | 14 | <sect1 id="apache" xreflabel="Apache-&apache-version;">
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[00bb024c] | 15 | <?dbhtml filename="apache.html"?>
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[7c7fa7d] | 16 | <title>Apache-&apache-version;</title>
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[f45b1953] | 17 |
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[08254fc] | 18 | <sect2>
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| 19 | <title>Introduction to <application>Apache</application></title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <para>The <application>Apache</application> package contains an
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| 22 | open-source <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server. It is
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| 23 | useful for creating local intranet web sites or running huge web serving
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| 24 | operations.</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 27 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 28 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&apache-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 29 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&apache-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 30 | <listitem><para>Download size: &apache-size;</para></listitem>
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| 31 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &apache-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 32 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &apache-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 33 | </sect3>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 37 | <listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 38 | url="&patch-root;/httpd-&apache-version;-config.patch"/></para></listitem>
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| 39 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect3><title><application>Apache</application> dependencies</title>
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| 42 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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| 43 | <para><xref linkend="db"/> or <xref linkend="gdbm"/>, <xref linkend="openssl"/>, <xref
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| 44 | linkend="openldap"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/>
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| 45 | </para></sect4>
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| 46 | </sect3>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | </sect2>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <sect2>
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| 51 | <title>Installation of <application>Apache</application></title>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <para>For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user and group is strongly encouraged.</para>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd apache &&
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| 56 | useradd -c apache -d /dev/null -g apache -s /bin/false apache</command></userinput></screen>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <para>The following patch will define the layout of destination directories
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| 59 | and, among them, the build directory at
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| 60 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/apache/build</filename>. This
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| 61 | will allow the modules added to <application>Apache</application> to
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| 62 | be configured without errors. Apply the patch:</para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../httpd-&apache-version;-config.patch</command></userinput></screen>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <para>Build and install <application>Apache</application> by running the following commands:</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --enable-layout=LFS \
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| 69 | --enable-mods-shared=all &&
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| 70 | make &&
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| 71 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | </sect2>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <sect2>
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| 76 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para><parameter>--with-expat=/usr</parameter>: Uses system installed
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| 79 | expat. <emphasis>If you have installed expat and do not use this switch, the
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| 80 | apache installation may overwrite some files from the expat installation.</emphasis></para>
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| 81 | <para><parameter>--enable-mods-shared=all</parameter>: We want modules
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| 82 | to be compiled and used as Dynamic Shared Objects
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| 83 | (<acronym>DSO</acronym>s) so they can be included and excluded from the
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| 84 | server using the run-time configuration directives.
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para><parameter>--enable-ssl</parameter>: Use this switch
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| 88 | to create the <filename class="libraryfile">mod_ssl</filename>
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| 89 | module and enable <acronym>SSL</acronym> support.</para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | </sect2>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <sect2>
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| 94 | <title>Configuring <application>Apache</application></title>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <sect3>
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| 97 | <title>Config files</title>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para><filename>/etc/apache/*</filename></para>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | </sect3>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>The main configuration file is called
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| 106 | <filename>httpd.conf</filename>. Modify it to run the server as a
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| 107 | dedicated user:</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s%User nobody%User apache%" -e "s%^Group #-1%Group apache%" /etc/apache/httpd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>See
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| 112 | <ulink url="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/configuring.html"/> for
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| 113 | detailed instructions on customizing your Apache <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
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| 114 | server.</para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/apache</filename>
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| 117 | init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-apache</command></userinput></screen>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | </sect3>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | </sect2>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <sect2>
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| 126 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para>The <application>Apache</application> package provides
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| 129 | <command>ab</command>,
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| 130 | <command>apachectl</command>,
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| 131 | <command>apr-config</command>,
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| 132 | <command>apu-config</command>,
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| 133 | <command>apxs</command>,
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| 134 | <command>checkgid</command>,
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| 135 | <command>dbmmanage</command>,
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| 136 | <command>htdbm</command>,
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| 137 | <command>htdigest</command>,
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| 138 | <command>htpasswd</command>,
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| 139 | <command>httpd</command>,
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| 140 | <command>instdso.sh</command>,
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| 141 | <command>logresolve</command>,
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| 142 | <command>rotatelogs</command>,
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| 143 | <filename class="libraryfile">libapr</filename>,
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| 144 | <filename class="libraryfile">libaprutil</filename> and
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| 145 | various modules.</para>
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| 146 | </sect2>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <sect3><title>ab</title>
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| 151 | <para><command>ab</command> is a tool for benchmarking your
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| 152 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server.
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| 153 | </para></sect3>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <sect3><title>apachectl</title>
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| 156 | <para><command>apachectl</command> is a front end to the
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| 157 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
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| 158 | server which is designed to help the administrator control the
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| 159 | functioning of the <application>Apache</application> httpd daemon.</para></sect3>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <sect3><title>apxs</title>
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| 162 | <para><command>apxs</command>
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| 163 | is a tool for building and installing extension modules for the
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| 164 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server.</para></sect3>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <sect3><title>dbmmanage</title>
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| 167 | <para><command>dbmmanage</command> is used to create and update the
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| 168 | <filename>DBM</filename> format files used to store usernames and passwords
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| 169 | for basic authentication of <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
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| 170 | users.</para></sect3>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <sect3><title>htdigest</title>
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| 173 | <para><command>htdigest</command> is used to create and update the
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| 174 | flat-files used to store usernames, realms and passwords for digest
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| 175 | authentication of <acronym>HTTP</acronym> users.</para></sect3>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <sect3><title>htpasswd</title>
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| 178 | <para><command>htpasswd</command> is used to create and update the
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| 179 | flat-files used to store usernames and passwords for basic authentication of
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| 180 | <acronym>HTTP</acronym> users.</para></sect3>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <sect3><title>httpd</title>
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| 183 | <para><command>httpd</command> is the <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
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| 184 | server program.</para></sect3>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <sect3><title>instdso.sh</title>
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| 187 | <para><command>instdso.sh</command> is a script which installs
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| 188 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>DSO</acronym> modules.</para></sect3>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <sect3><title>logresolve</title>
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| 191 | <para><command>logresolve</command> is a post-processing program to
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| 192 | resolve <acronym>IP</acronym>-addresses in <application>Apache</application>'s access log files.</para></sect3>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <sect3><title>rotatelogs</title>
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| 195 | <para><command>rotatelogs</command> is a simple program for use in
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| 196 | conjunction with <application>Apache</application>'s piped log file feature.</para></sect3>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 199 |
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| 200 | </sect1>
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