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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.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY apache-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/apache/dist/httpd/httpd-&apache-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY apache-md5sum "0e1b47c53921a1fc8fb006effdb3bf1c">
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10 | <!ENTITY apache-size "5.2 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY apache-buildsize "78 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY apache-time "1.12 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="apache" xreflabel="Apache-&apache-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="apache.html"?>
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21 | <title>Apache-&apache-version;</title>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2>
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24 | <title>Introduction to <application>Apache</application></title>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The <application>Apache</application> package contains an
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27 | open-source <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server. It is
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28 | useful for creating local intranet web sites or running huge web serving
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29 | operations.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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34 | <ulink url="&apache-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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36 | <ulink url="&apache-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>MD5 sum: &apache-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Download size: &apache-size;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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40 | &apache-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &apache-time;</para></listitem>
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42 | </itemizedlist>
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43 | </sect3>
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44 |
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45 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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46 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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47 | <listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
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48 | url="&patch-root;/httpd-&apache-version;-config-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
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49 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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50 |
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51 | <sect3><title><application>Apache</application> dependencies</title>
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52 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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53 | <para><xref linkend="db"/> or <xref linkend="gdbm"/>,
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54 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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55 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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56 | <xref linkend="expat"/> and
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57 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/></para>
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58 | </sect4>
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59 | </sect3>
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60 |
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61 | </sect2>
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62 |
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63 | <sect2>
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64 | <title>Installation of <application>Apache</application></title>
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65 |
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66 | <para>For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user and
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67 | group is strongly encouraged.</para>
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68 |
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69 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd apache &&
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70 | useradd -c apache -d /dev/null -g apache -s /bin/false apache</command></userinput></screen>
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71 |
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72 | <para>The following patch will define the layout of destination directories
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73 | and, among them, the build directory at
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74 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/apache/build</filename>. This
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75 | will allow the modules added to <application>Apache</application> to
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76 | be configured without errors. Apply the patch:</para>
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77 |
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78 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../httpd-&apache-version;-config-1.patch</command></userinput></screen>
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79 |
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80 | <para>Build and install <application>Apache</application> by running the
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81 | following commands:</para>
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82 |
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83 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --enable-layout=FHS \
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84 | --enable-mods-shared=all &&
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85 | make &&
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86 | make install &&
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87 | chown root:root /usr/sbin/{apxs,apachectl,dbmmanage,envvars-std,envvars} \
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88 | /usr/include/apache/* /usr/lib/apache/httpd.exp \
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89 | /usr/share/man/man1/{dbmmanage,htdigest,htpasswd}.1 \
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90 | /usr/share/man/man8/{ab,apachectl,apxs,httpd,logresolve,rotatelogs,suexec}.8 &&
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91 | chown -R apache:apache /srv/www</command></userinput></screen>
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92 |
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93 | </sect2>
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94 |
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95 | <sect2>
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96 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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97 |
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98 | <para><option>--with-expat=/usr</option>: Uses system installed
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99 | <application>expat</application>. <emphasis>If you have installed
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100 | <application>expat</application> and do not use this switch, the
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101 | <application>Apache</application> installation may overwrite some files from
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102 | the <application>expat</application> installation.</emphasis></para>
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103 |
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104 | <para><parameter>--enable-mods-shared=all</parameter>: The modules should be
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105 | compiled and used as Dynamic Shared Objects
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106 | (<acronym>DSO</acronym>s) so they can be included and excluded from the
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107 | server using the run-time configuration directives.</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para><option>--enable-ssl</option>: Use this switch
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110 | to create the <filename class="libraryfile">mod_ssl</filename>
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111 | module and enable <acronym>SSL</acronym> support.</para>
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112 |
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113 | <para><command>chown root:root ...</command>: This command changes
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114 | the ownership of some installed files, the result of building the package as a
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115 | user other than root.</para>
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116 |
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117 | <para><command>chown -R apache:apache /srv/www</command>: By default, the
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118 | installation process installs files (documentation, error messages, default
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119 | icons, etc.) with the ownership of the user that extracted the files from the
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120 | tar file. If you want to change the ownership to another user, you should do
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121 | so at this point. The only requirement is that the document directories need
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122 | to be accessable by the <command>httpd</command> process with (r-x) permissions
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123 | and files need to be readable (r--) by the apache user.</para>
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124 |
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125 | </sect2>
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126 |
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127 | <sect2>
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128 | <title>Configuring <application>Apache</application></title>
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129 |
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130 | <sect3>
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131 | <title>Config files</title>
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132 |
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133 | <para><filename>/etc/apache/*</filename></para>
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134 |
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135 | </sect3>
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136 |
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137 | <sect3>
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138 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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139 |
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140 | <para>The main configuration file is named <filename>httpd.conf</filename>.
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141 | Modify it to run the server as a dedicated user:</para>
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142 |
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143 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s%User nobody%User apache%" \
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144 | -e "s%^Group #-1%Group apache%" \
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145 | /etc/apache/httpd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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146 |
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147 | <para>See <ulink url="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/configuring.html"/> for
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148 | detailed instructions on customizing your <application>Apache</application>
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149 | <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server.</para>
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150 |
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151 | <para>There's a problem with the ISAPI <acronym>DSO</acronym> module
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152 | caused from compiling with
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153 | <application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.1. Comment out the
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154 | module from the configuration file with the following command:</para>
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155 |
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156 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s/^LoadModule isapi_module/# &/" \
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157 | /etc/apache/httpd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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158 |
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159 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/apache</filename>
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160 | init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/>
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161 | package.</para>
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162 |
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163 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-apache</command></userinput></screen>
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164 | </sect3>
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165 |
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166 | </sect2>
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167 |
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168 | <sect2>
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169 | <title>Contents</title>
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170 |
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171 | <para>The <application>Apache</application> package provides
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172 | <command>ab</command>,
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173 | <command>apachectl</command>,
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174 | <command>apr-config</command>,
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175 | <command>apu-config</command>,
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176 | <command>apxs</command>,
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177 | <command>checkgid</command>,
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178 | <command>dbmmanage</command>,
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179 | <command>htdbm</command>,
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180 | <command>htdigest</command>,
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181 | <command>htpasswd</command>,
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182 | <command>httpd</command>,
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183 | <command>instdso.sh</command>,
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184 | <command>logresolve</command>,
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185 | <command>rotatelogs</command>,
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186 | <filename class="libraryfile">libapr</filename>,
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187 | <filename class="libraryfile">libaprutil</filename> and
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188 | various modules.</para>
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189 | </sect2>
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190 |
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191 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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192 |
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193 | <sect3><title>ab</title>
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194 | <para><command>ab</command> is a tool for benchmarking your
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195 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server.
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196 | </para></sect3>
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197 |
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198 | <sect3><title>apachectl</title>
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199 | <para><command>apachectl</command> is a front end to the
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200 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
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201 | server which is designed to help the administrator control the
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202 | functioning of the <application>Apache</application> httpd daemon.</para>
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203 | </sect3>
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204 |
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205 | <sect3><title>apxs</title>
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206 | <para><command>apxs</command>
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207 | is a tool for building and installing extension modules for the
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208 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server.</para></sect3>
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209 |
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210 | <sect3><title>dbmmanage</title>
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211 | <para><command>dbmmanage</command> is used to create and update the
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212 | <filename>DBM</filename> format files used to store usernames and passwords
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213 | for basic authentication of <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
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214 | users.</para></sect3>
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215 |
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216 | <sect3><title>htdigest</title>
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217 | <para><command>htdigest</command> is used to create and update the
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218 | flat-files used to store usernames, realms and passwords for digest
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219 | authentication of <acronym>HTTP</acronym> users.</para></sect3>
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220 |
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221 | <sect3><title>htpasswd</title>
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222 | <para><command>htpasswd</command> is used to create and update the
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223 | flat-files used to store usernames and passwords for basic authentication of
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224 | <acronym>HTTP</acronym> users.</para></sect3>
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225 |
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226 | <sect3><title>httpd</title>
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227 | <para><command>httpd</command> is the <application>Apache</application>
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228 | <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server program.</para></sect3>
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229 |
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230 | <sect3><title>instdso.sh</title>
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231 | <para><command>instdso.sh</command> is a script which installs
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232 | <application>Apache</application> <acronym>DSO</acronym> modules.</para></sect3>
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233 |
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234 | <sect3><title>logresolve</title>
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235 | <para><command>logresolve</command> is a post-processing program to
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236 | resolve <acronym>IP</acronym>-addresses in <application>Apache</application>'s
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237 | access log files.</para></sect3>
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238 |
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239 | <sect3><title>rotatelogs</title>
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240 | <para><command>rotatelogs</command> is a simple program for use in conjunction
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241 | with <application>Apache</application>'s piped log file feature.</para></sect3>
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242 |
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243 | </sect2>
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244 |
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245 | </sect1>
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