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  <H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions</H1>
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 <LI VALUE="1"><STRONG>Background</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#what">What is Apache?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#why">Why was Apache created?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#relate">How does The Apache Group's work relate to
    other servers?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#name">Why the name &quot;Apache&quot;?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#compare">OK, so how does Apache compare to other servers?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#tested">How thoroughly tested is Apache?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#future">What are the future plans for Apache?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#support">Whom do I contact for support?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#more">Is there any more information on Apache?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#where">Where can I get Apache?</A>
   </LI>
  </OL>
 </LI>






 
 
 
  
  
 



 <LI value="2"><STRONG>General Technical Questions</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#what2do">&quot;Why can't I ...?  Why won't ...
        work?&quot;  What to do in case of problems</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#compatible">How compatible is Apache with my existing
        NCSA 1.3 setup?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#year2000">Is Apache Year 2000 compliant?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#submit_patch">How do I submit a patch to the Apache Group?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#domination">Why has Apache stolen my favourite site's
        Internet address?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#apspam">Why am I getting spam mail from the Apache site?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#redist">May I include the Apache software on a CD or other
        package I'm distributing?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#zoom">What's the best hardware/operating system/... How do
        I get the most out of my Apache Web server?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#regex">What are "regular expressions"?</A>
   </LI>
   <li><a href="#binaries">Why isn't there a binary for my platform?</a></li>
  </OL>
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 <LI VALUE="3"><STRONG>Building Apache</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#bind8.1">Why do I get an error about an undefined
        reference to &quot;<SAMP>__inet_ntoa</SAMP>&quot; or other
        <SAMP>__inet_*</SAMP> symbols?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#cantbuild">Why won't Apache compile with my
        system's <SAMP>cc</SAMP>?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#linuxiovec">Why do I get complaints about redefinition
        of &quot;<CODE>struct iovec</CODE>&quot; when compiling under Linux?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#broken-gcc">I'm using gcc and I get some compilation errors, 
	what is wrong?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#glibc-crypt">I'm using RedHat Linux 5.0, or some other
        <SAMP>glibc</SAMP>-based Linux system, and I get errors with the
        <CODE>crypt</CODE> function when I attempt to build Apache 1.2.</A>
   </LI>
  </OL>
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 <LI VALUE="4"><STRONG>Error Log Messages and Problems Starting Apache</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#setgid">Why do I get &quot;<SAMP>setgid: Invalid
        argument</SAMP>&quot; at startup?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#nodelay">Why am I getting &quot;<SAMP>httpd: could not
        set socket option TCP_NODELAY</SAMP>&quot; in my error log?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#peerreset">Why am I getting &quot;<SAMP>connection
        reset by peer</SAMP>&quot; in my error log?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#wheres-the-dump">The errorlog says Apache dumped core,
        but where's the dump file?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#linux-shmget">When I run it under Linux I get &quot;shmget:
        function not found&quot;, what should I do?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#nfslocking">Server hangs, or fails to start, and/or error log
        fills with &quot;<SAMP>fcntl: F_SETLKW: No record locks
        available</SAMP>&quot; or similar messages</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#aixccbug">Why am I getting "<SAMP>Expected &lt/Directory&gt;
        but saw &lt;/Directory&gt;</SAMP>" when I try to start Apache?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#redhat">I'm using RedHat Linux and I have problems with httpd
        dying randomly or not restarting properly</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#stopping">I upgraded from an Apache version earlier
        than 1.2.0 and suddenly I have problems with Apache dying randomly
        or not restarting properly</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#setservername">When I try to start Apache from a DOS
        window, I get a message like "<samp>Cannot determine host name.
	Use ServerName directive to set it manually.</samp>"  What does
	this mean?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#ws2_32dll">When I try to start Apache for Windows, I get a message
	like "<samp>Unable To Locate WS2_32.DLL...</samp>". What should I do?</A>
   </LI>
  </OL>
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 <LI VALUE="5"><STRONG>Configuration Questions</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#fdlim">Why can't I run more than &lt;<EM>n</EM>&gt;
        virtual hosts?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#freebsd-setsize">Can I increase <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP>
        on FreeBSD?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#errordoc401">Why doesn't my <CODE>ErrorDocument
        401</CODE> work?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#cookies1">Why does Apache send a cookie on every response?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#cookies2">Why don't my cookies work, I even compiled in
        <SAMP>mod_cookies</SAMP>?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#jdk1-and-http1.1">Why do my Java app[let]s give me plain text
        when I request an URL from an Apache server?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#midi">How do I get Apache to send a MIDI file so the
        browser can play it?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#addlog">How do I add browsers and referrers to my logs?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#set-servername">Why does accessing directories only work
        when I include the trailing &quot;/&quot;
        (<EM>e.g.</EM>,&nbsp;<SAMP>http://foo.domain.com/~user/</SAMP>) but
        not when I omit it
        (<EM>e.g.</EM>,&nbsp;<SAMP>http://foo.domain.com/~user</SAMP>)?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#no-info-directives">Why doesn't mod_info list any
        directives?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#namevhost">I upgraded to Apache 1.3 and now my
        virtual hosts don't work!</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#redhat-htm">I'm using RedHat Linux and my .htm files are
        showing up as HTML source rather than being formatted!</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#htaccess-work">My <CODE>.htaccess</CODE> files are being
	ignored.</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#forbidden">Why do I get a 
        &quot;<SAMP>Forbidden</SAMP>&quot; message whenever I try to 
        access a particular directory?</A>
  </OL>
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 <LI VALUE="6"><STRONG>Dynamic Content (CGI and SSI)</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#CGIoutsideScriptAlias">How do I enable CGI execution
        in directories other than the ScriptAlias?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#premature-script-headers">What does it mean when my
        CGIs fail with &quot;<SAMP>Premature end of script
        headers</SAMP>&quot;?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#POSTnotallowed">Why do I keep getting &quot;Method Not 
        Allowed&quot; for form POST requests?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#nph-scripts">How can I get my script's output without
        Apache buffering it?  Why doesn't my server push work?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#cgi-spec">Where can I find the &quot;CGI
        specification&quot;?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#fastcgi">Why isn't FastCGI included with Apache any
        more?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#ssi-part-i">How do I enable SSI (parsed HTML)?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#ssi-part-ii">Why don't my parsed files get cached?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#ssi-part-iii">How can I have my script output parsed?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#ssi-part-iv">SSIs don't work for VirtualHosts and/or 
        user home directories</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#errordocssi">How can I use <CODE>ErrorDocument</CODE>
        and SSI to simplify customized error messages?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#remote-user-var">Why is the environment variable
        <SAMP>REMOTE_USER</SAMP> not set?</A>
   </LI>
  </OL>
 </LI>






 
 
 
  
  
 



 <LI VALUE="7"><STRONG>Authentication and Access Restrictions</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#dnsauth">Why isn't restricting access by host or domain name
        working correctly?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#user-authentication">How do I set up Apache to require
        a username and password to access certain documents?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#remote-auth-only">How do I set up Apache to allow access
        to certain documents only if a site is either a local site
        <EM>or</EM> the user supplies a password and username?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#authauthoritative">Why does my authentication give
        me a server error?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#auth-on-same-machine">Do I have to keep the (mSQL)
        authentication information on the same machine?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#msql-slow">Why is my mSQL authentication terribly slow?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#passwdauth">Can I use my <SAMP>/etc/passwd</SAMP> file
        for Web page authentication?</A>
   </LI>
  </OL>
 </LI>






 
 
 
  
  
 



 <LI VALUE="8"><STRONG>URL Rewriting</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-more-config">Where can I find mod_rewrite rulesets
        which already solve particular URL-related problems?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-article">Where can I find any published information
        about URL-manipulations and mod_rewrite?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-complexity">Why is mod_rewrite so difficult to learn
        and seems so complicated?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-dontwork">What can I do if my RewriteRules don't work
        as expected?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-prefixdocroot">Why don't some of my URLs get
        prefixed with DocumentRoot when using mod_rewrite?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-nocase">How can I make all my URLs case-insensitive
        with mod_rewrite?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-virthost">Why are RewriteRules in my VirtualHost
        parts ignored?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rewrite-envwhitespace">How can I use strings with whitespaces
        in RewriteRule's ENV flag?</A>
   </LI>
  </OL>
 </LI>






 
 
 
  
  
 



 <LI VALUE="9"><STRONG>Features</STRONG>
  <OL>
   <LI><A HREF="#proxy">Does or will Apache act as a Proxy server?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#multiviews">What are &quot;multiviews&quot;?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#putsupport">Why can't I publish to my Apache server
        using PUT on Netscape Gold and other programs?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#SSL-i">Why doesn't Apache include SSL?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#footer">How can I attach a footer to my documents
        without using SSI?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#search">Does Apache include a search engine?</A>
   </LI>
   <LI><A HREF="#rotate">How can I rotate my log files?</A>
   </LI>
  </OL>
 </LI>





</OL>

<HR>

  <H2>The Answers</H2>

 
 
 
  
  
 





  <H3>A. Background</H3>
<OL>
 <LI><A NAME="what">
      <STRONG>What is Apache?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Apache was originally based on code and ideas found in the most
  popular HTTP server of the time.. NCSA httpd 1.3 (early 1995). It has
  since evolved into a far superior system which can rival (and probably
  surpass) almost any other UNIX based HTTP server in terms of functionality,
  efficiency and speed.
  </P>
  <P>
  Since it began, it has been completely rewritten, and includes many new
  features. Apache is, as of January 1997, the most popular WWW server on
  the Internet, according to the
  <A HREF="http://www.netcraft.com/Survey/">Netcraft Survey</A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="why">
      <STRONG>Why was Apache created?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  To address the concerns of a group of WWW providers and part-time httpd
  programmers that httpd didn't behave as they wanted it to behave.
  Apache is an entirely volunteer effort, completely funded by its
  members, not by commercial sales.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="relate">
      <STRONG>How does The Apache Group's work relate to other
      server efforts, such as NCSA's?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  We, of course, owe a great debt to NCSA and their programmers for
  making the server Apache was based on. We now, however, have our own
  server, and our project is mostly our own. The Apache Project is an
  entirely independent venture.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="name">
      <STRONG>Why the name &quot;Apache&quot;?</STRONG>
      </A>
  <P>
  A cute name which stuck. Apache is &quot;<STRONG>A
  PA</STRONG>t<STRONG>CH</STRONG>y server&quot;.  It was
  based on some existing code and a series of &quot;patch files&quot;.
  </P>

  <P>
  For many developers it is also a reverant connotation to the Native
  American Indian tribe of Apache, <A
  HREF="http://www.indians.org/welker/apache.htm">well-known for their
  superior skills in warfare strategy and inexhaustible endurance</A>.
  Online information about the Apache Nation is tough to locate; we 
  suggest searching 
  <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=Apache+Nation">Google</A>, 
  <A HREF="http://www.northernlight.com/nlquery.fcg?qr=Apache+Nation">Northernlight</A>, 
  <A HREF="http://infoseek.go.com/Titles?qt=Apache+Nation">Infoseek</A>, or 
  <A HREF="http://www.alltheweb.com/cgi-bin/asearch?query=Apache+Nation">AllTheWeb</A>.
  </P>
  <P>
  In addition, <A
  HREF="http://www.indian.org/">http://www.indian.org/</A> and <A
  HREF="http://www.nativeweb.com/">http://www.nativeweb.com/</A> are
  two excellent resources for Native American information.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="compare">
      <STRONG>OK, so how does Apache compare to other servers?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  For an independent assessment, see
  <A HREF="http://webcompare.internet.com/chart.html">Web Compare</A>'s
  comparison chart.
  </P>
  <P>
  Apache has been shown to be substantially faster than many other
  free servers. Although certain commercial servers have claimed to
  surpass Apache's speed (it has not been demonstrated that any of these
  &quot;benchmarks&quot; are a good way of measuring WWW server speed at any
  rate), we feel that it is better to have a mostly-fast free server
  than an extremely-fast server that costs thousands of dollars. Apache
  is run on sites that get millions of hits per day, and they have
  experienced no performance difficulties.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="tested">
      <STRONG>How thoroughly tested is Apache?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Apache is run on over 3 million Internet servers (as of June 1999). It has
  been tested thoroughly by both developers and users. The Apache Group
  maintains rigorous standards before releasing new versions of their
  server, and our server runs without a hitch on over one half of all
  WWW servers available on the Internet.  When bugs do show up, we
  release patches and new versions as soon as they are available.
  </P>
  <P>
  The Apache project's web site includes a page with a partial list of
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/info/apache_users.html">sites running
  Apache</A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="future">
      <STRONG>What are the future plans for Apache?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  <UL>
   <LI>to continue to be an "open source" no-charge-for-use HTTP server,
   </LI>
   <LI>to keep up with advances in HTTP protocol and web developments in
    general,
   </LI>
   <LI>to collect suggestions for fixes/improvements from its users,
   </LI>
   <LI>to respond to needs of large volume providers as well as
    occasional users.
   </LI>
  </UL>
  <P></P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="support">
      <STRONG>Whom do I contact for support?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  There is no official support for Apache. None of the developers want to
  be swamped by a flood of trivial questions that can be resolved elsewhere.
  Bug reports and suggestions should be sent <EM>via</EM>
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html">the bug report page</A>.
  Other questions should be directed to the
  <A HREF="news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix"
  >comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix</A> or <A HREF=
  "news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows"
  >comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows</A>
  newsgroup (as appropriate for the platform you use), where some of the 
  Apache team lurk, in the company of many other httpd gurus who 
  should be able to help.
  </P>
  <P>
  Commercial support for Apache is, however, available from a number
  of third parties.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="more">
      <STRONG>Is there any more information available on
      Apache?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Indeed there is.  See the main
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/">Apache web site</A>.
  There is also a regular electronic publication called
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/" REL="Help"><CITE>Apache Week</CITE></A>
  available.  Links to relevant <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> articles are
  included below where appropriate. There are also some 
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/info/apache_books.html"
  >Apache-specific books</A> available.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="where">
      <STRONG>Where can I get Apache?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  You can find out how to download the source for Apache at the
  project's
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/">main web page</A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>
</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 






  <H3>B. General Technical Questions</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="what2do">
      <STRONG>&quot;Why can't I ...?  Why won't ... work?&quot;  What to
      do in case of problems</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  If you are having trouble with your Apache server software, you should
  take the following steps:
  </P>
  <OL>
   <LI><STRONG>Check the errorlog!</STRONG>
    <P>
    Apache tries to be helpful when it encounters a problem.  In many
    cases, it will provide some details by writing one or messages to
    the server error log.  Sometimes this is enough for you to diagnose
    &amp; fix the problem yourself (such as file permissions or the like).
    The default location of the error log is
    <SAMP>/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log</SAMP>, but see the
    <A HREF="../mod/core.html#errorlog"><SAMP>ErrorLog</SAMP></A>
    directive in your config files for the location on your server.
    </P>
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>Check the
    <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html">FAQ</A>!</STRONG>
    <P>
    The latest version of the Apache Frequently-Asked Questions list can
    always be found at the main Apache web site.
    </P>
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>Check the Apache bug database</STRONG>
    <P>
    Most problems that get reported to The Apache Group are recorded in
    the
    <A HREF="http://bugs.apache.org/">bug database</A>.
    <EM><STRONG>Please</STRONG> check the existing reports, open
    <STRONG>and</STRONG> closed, before adding one.</EM>  If you find
    that your issue has already been reported, please <EM>don't</EM> add
    a &quot;me, too&quot; report.  If the original report isn't closed
    yet, we suggest that you check it periodically.  You might also
    consider contacting the original submitter, because there may be an
    email exchange going on about the issue that isn't getting recorded
    in the database.
    </P>
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>Ask in the <SAMP>comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix</SAMP>
    or <SAMP>comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows</SAMP> USENET
    newsgroup (as appropriate for the platform you use).</STRONG>
    <P>
    A lot of common problems never make it to the bug database because
    there's already high Q&amp;A traffic about them in the
    <A HREF="news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix"
    ><SAMP>comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix</SAMP></A>
    newsgroup.  Many Apache users, and some of the developers, can be
    found roaming its virtual halls, so it is suggested that you seek
    wisdom there.  The chances are good that you'll get a faster answer
    there than from the bug database, even if you <EM>don't</EM> see
    your question already posted.
    </P>
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>If all else fails, report the problem in the bug
    database</STRONG>
    <P>
    If you've gone through those steps above that are appropriate and
    have obtained no relief, then please <EM>do</EM> let The Apache
    Group know about the problem by
    <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html">logging a bug report</A>.
    </P>
    <P>
    If your problem involves the server crashing and generating a core
    dump, please include a backtrace (if possible).  As an example,
    </P>
    <P>
    <DL>
     <DD><CODE># cd <EM>ServerRoot</EM><BR>
      # dbx httpd core<BR>
      (dbx) where</CODE>
     </DD>
    </DL>
    <P></P>
    <P>
    (Substitute the appropriate locations for your
    <SAMP>ServerRoot</SAMP> and your <SAMP>httpd</SAMP> and
    <SAMP>core</SAMP> files.  You may have to use <CODE>gdb</CODE>
    instead of <CODE>dbx</CODE>.)
    </P>
   </LI>
  </OL>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="compatible">
      <STRONG>How compatible is Apache with my existing NCSA 1.3
      setup?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Apache attempts to offer all the features and configuration options
  of NCSA httpd 1.3, as well as many of the additional features found in
  NCSA httpd 1.4 and NCSA httpd 1.5.
  </P>
  <P>
  NCSA httpd appears to be moving toward adding experimental features
  which are not generally required at the moment. Some of the experiments
  will succeed while others will inevitably be dropped. The Apache
  philosophy is to add what's needed as and when it is needed.
  </P>
  <P>
  Friendly interaction between Apache and NCSA developers should ensure
  that fundamental feature enhancements stay consistent between the two
  servers for the foreseeable future.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="year2000">
      <STRONG>Is Apache Year 2000 compliant?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Yes, Apache is Year 2000 compliant.
  </P>
  <P>
  Apache internally never stores years as two digits.
  On the HTTP protocol level RFC1123-style addresses are generated
  which is the only format a HTTP/1.1-compliant server should
  generate. To be compatible with older applications Apache
  recognizes ANSI C's <CODE>asctime()</CODE> and
  RFC850-/RFC1036-style date formats, too.
  The <CODE>asctime()</CODE> format uses four-digit years,
  but the RFC850 and RFC1036 date formats only define a two-digit year.
  If Apache sees such a date with a value less than 70 it assumes that
  the century is <SAMP>20</SAMP> rather than <SAMP>19</SAMP>.
  </P>
  <P>
  Although Apache is Year 2000 compliant, you may still get problems
  if the underlying OS has problems with dates past year 2000
  (<EM>e.g.</EM>, OS calls which accept or return year numbers).
  Most (UNIX) systems store dates internally as signed 32-bit integers
  which contain the number of seconds since 1<SUP>st</SUP> January 1970, so
  the magic boundary to worry about is the year 2038 and not 2000.
  But modern operating systems shouldn't cause any trouble
  at all.
  </P>
  <P>
  Users of Apache 1.2.x should upgrade to a current version of Apache 1.3
  (see <A HREF="../new_features_1_3.html#misc">year-2000 improvements in
  Apache 1.3</A> for details).
  </P>
  <p>
  The Apache HTTP Server project is an open-source software product of
  the Apache Software Foundation.  The project and the Foundation
  <b>cannot</b> offer legal assurances regarding any suitability
  of the software for your application.  There are several commercial
  Apache support organizations and derivative server products available
  that may be able to stand behind the software and provide you with
  any assurances you may require.  You may find links to some of these
  vendors at
  <samp>&lt;<a href="http://www.apache.org/info/support.cgi"
            >http://www.apache.org/info/support.cgi</a>&gt;</samp>.
  </p>
  <p>
  The Apache HTTP server software is distributed with the following
  disclaimer, found in the software license:
  </p>
  <pre>
   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE APACHE GROUP ``AS IS'' AND ANY
   EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
   IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
   PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE GROUP OR
   ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
   NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
   LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
   HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
   STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
   ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
   OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  </pre>
  <HR>
 </LI>

  <LI><A NAME="submit_patch">
       <STRONG>How do I submit a patch to the Apache Group?</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   The Apache Group encourages patches from outside developers. There
   are 2 main "types" of patches: small bugfixes and general
   improvements. Bugfixes should be submitting using the Apache <A
   HREF="http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html">bug report page</A>.
   Improvements, modifications, and additions should follow the
   instructions below.
   </P>
   <P>
   In general, the first course of action is to be a member of the
   <SAMP>new-httpd@apache.org</SAMP> mailing list. This indicates to
   the Group that you are closely following the latest Apache
   developments. Your patch file should be generated using either
   '<CODE>diff&nbsp;-c</CODE>' or '<CODE>diff&nbsp;-u</CODE>' against
   the latest CVS tree. To submit your patch, send email to
   <SAMP>new-httpd@apache.org</SAMP> with a <SAMP>Subject:</SAMP> line
   that starts with <SAMP>[PATCH]</SAMP> and includes a general
   description of the patch. In the body of the message, the patch
   should be clearly described and then included at the end of the
   message.  If the patch-file is long, you can note a URL to the file
   instead of the file itself. Use of MIME enclosures/attachments
   should be avoided.
   </P>
   <P>
   Be prepared to respond to any questions about your patches and
   possibly defend your code. If your patch results in a lot of
   discussion, you may be asked to submit an updated patch that
   incorporate all changes and suggestions.
   </P>
   <HR>
  </LI>

  <LI><A NAME="domination"><STRONG>Why has Apache stolen my favourite site's
       Internet address?</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   The simple answer is: "It hasn't."  This misconception is usually
   caused by the site in question having migrated to the Apache Web
   server software, but not having migrated the site's content yet.  When
   Apache is installed, the default page that gets installed tells the
   Webmaster the installation was successful.  The expectation is that
   this default page will be replaced with the site's real content.
   If it doesn't, complain to the Webmaster, not to the Apache project --
   we just make the software and aren't responsible for what people
   do (or don't do) with it.
   </P>
   <HR>
  </LI>

  <LI><A NAME="apspam"><STRONG>Why am I getting spam mail from the
       Apache site?</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   The short answer is: "You aren't."  Usually when someone thinks the
   Apache site is originating spam, it's because they've traced the
   spam to a Web site, and the Web site says it's using Apache.  See the
   <A HREF="#domination">previous FAQ entry</A> for more details on this
   phenomenon.
   </P>
   <P>
   No marketing spam originates from the Apache site.  The only mail
   that comes from the site goes only to addresses that have been
   <EM>requested</EM> to receive the mail.
   </P>
   <HR>
  </LI>

  <LI><A NAME="redist"><STRONG>May I include the Apache software on a
       CD or other package I'm distributing?</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   The detailed answer to this question can be found in the
   Apache license, which is included in the Apache distribution in
   the file <CODE>LICENSE</CODE>.  You can also find it on the Web at
   <SAMP>&lt;<A HREF="http://www.apache.org/LICENSE.txt"
             >http://www.apache.org/LICENSE.txt</A>&gt;</SAMP>.
   </P>
   <HR>
  </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="zoom">
      <STRONG>What's the best hardware/operating system/... How do
      I get the most out of my Apache Web server?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Check out Dean Gaudet's
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/perf-tuning.html"
  >performance tuning page</A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="regex">
      <STRONG>What are "regular expressions"?</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   Regular expressions are a way of describing a pattern - for example, "all 
   the words that begin with the letter A" or "every 10-digit phone number" 
   or even "Every sentence with two commas in it, and no capital letter Q".  
   Regular expressions (aka "regexp"s) are useful in Apache because they 
   let you apply certain attributes against collections of files or resources 
   in very flexible ways - for example, all .gif and .jpg files under
   any "images" directory could be written as /.*\/images\/.*[jpg|gif]/.
   </P>
   <P>
   The best overview around is probably the one which comes with Perl.
   We implement a simple subset of Perl's regexp support, but it's
   still a good way to learn what they mean.  You can start by going
   to the <A
   HREF="http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlre.html#Version_8_Regular_Expresions"
   >CPAN page on regular expressions</A>, and branching out from
   there.
   </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <li><a name="binaries">
      <b>Why isn't there a binary for my platform?</b></a>
   <p>
   The developers make sure that the software builds and works
   correctly on the platforms available to them; this does
   <i>not</i> necessarily mean that <i>your</i> platform
   is one of them.  In addition, the Apache HTTP server project
   is primarily source oriented, meaning that distributing
   valid and buildable source code is the purpose of a release,
   not making sure that there is a binary package for all of the
   supported platforms.
   </p>
   <p>
   If you don't see a kit for your platform listed in the
   binary distribution area
   (&lt;URL:<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/"
            >http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/</a>&gt;),
   it means either that the platform isn't available to any of
   the developers, or that they just haven't gotten around to
   preparing a binary for it.  As this is a voluntary project,
   they are under no obligation to do so.  Users are encouraged
   and expected to build the software themselves.
   </p>
   <p>
   The sole exception to these practices is the Windows package.
   Unlike most Unix and Unix-like platforms, Windows systems
   do not come with a bundled software development environment,
   so we <i>do</i> prepare binary kits for Windows when we make
   a release.  Again, however, it's a voluntary thing and only
   a limited number of the developers have the capability to build
   the InstallShield package, so the Windows release may lag
   somewhat behind the source release.  This lag should be
   no more than a few days at most.
   </p>
  <hr>
 </li>

</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 






  <H3>C. Building Apache</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="bind8.1">
      <STRONG>Why do I get an error about an undefined reference to
      &quot;<SAMP>__inet_ntoa</SAMP>&quot; or other
      <SAMP>__inet_*</SAMP> symbols?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  If you have installed <A HREF="http://www.isc.org/bind.html">BIND-8</A>
  then this is normally due to a conflict between your include files
  and your libraries.  BIND-8 installs its include files and libraries
  <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/local/lib/</CODE>, while
  the resolver that comes with your system is probably installed in
  <CODE>/usr/include/</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/lib/</CODE>.  If
  your system uses the header files in <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>
  before those in <CODE>/usr/include/</CODE> but you do not use the new
  resolver library, then the two versions will conflict.
  </P>
  <P>
  To resolve this, you can either make sure you use the include files
  and libraries that came with your system or make sure to use the
  new include files and libraries.  Adding <CODE>-lbind</CODE> to the
  <CODE>EXTRA_LDFLAGS</CODE> line in your <SAMP>Configuration</SAMP>
  file, then re-running <SAMP>Configure</SAMP>, should resolve the
  problem.  (Apache versions 1.2.* and earlier use
  <CODE>EXTRA_LFLAGS</CODE> instead.)
  </P>
  <P>
  <STRONG>Note:</STRONG>As of BIND 8.1.1, the bind libraries and files are
  installed under <SAMP>/usr/local/bind</SAMP> by default, so you
  should not run into this problem.  Should you want to use the bind
  resolvers you'll have to add the following to the respective lines:
  </P>
  <P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>EXTRA_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/bind/include
    <BR>
    EXTRA_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/bind/lib
    <BR>
    EXTRA_LIBS=-lbind</CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P></P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="cantbuild">
      <STRONG>Why won't Apache compile with my system's
      <SAMP>cc</SAMP>?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  If the server won't compile on your system, it is probably due to one
  of the following causes:
  </P>
  <UL>
   <LI><STRONG>The <SAMP>Configure</SAMP> script doesn't recognize your system
    environment.</STRONG>
    <BR>
    This might be either because it's completely unknown or because
    the specific environment (include files, OS version, <EM>et
    cetera</EM>) isn't explicitly handled.  If this happens, you may
    need to port the server to your OS yourself.
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>Your system's C compiler is garbage.</STRONG>
    <BR>
    Some operating systems include a default C compiler that is either
    not ANSI C-compliant or suffers from other deficiencies.  The usual
    recommendation in cases like this is to acquire, install, and use
    <SAMP>gcc</SAMP>.
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>Your <SAMP>include</SAMP> files may be confused.</STRONG>
    <BR>
    In some cases, we have found that a compiler installation or system
    upgrade has left the C header files in an inconsistent state.  Make
    sure that your include directory tree is in sync with the compiler and
    the operating system.
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>Your operating system or compiler may be out of
    revision.</STRONG>
    <BR>
    Software vendors (including those that develop operating systems)
    issue new releases for a reason; sometimes to add functionality, but
    more often to fix bugs that have been discovered.  Try upgrading
    your compiler and/or your operating system.
   </LI>
  </UL>
  <P>
  The Apache Group tests the ability to build the server on many
  different platforms.  Unfortunately, we can't test all of the OS
  platforms there are.  If you have verified that none of the above
  issues is the cause of your problem, and it hasn't been reported
  before, please submit a
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html">problem report</A>.
  Be sure to include <EM>complete</EM> details, such as the compiler
  &amp; OS versions and exact error messages.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="linuxiovec">
      <STRONG>Why do I get complaints about redefinition
      of &quot;<CODE>struct iovec</CODE>&quot; when
      compiling under Linux?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  This is a conflict between your C library includes and your kernel
  includes.  You need to make sure that the versions of both are matched
  properly.  There are two workarounds, either one will solve the problem:
  </P>
  <P>
  <UL>
   <LI>Remove the definition of <CODE>struct iovec</CODE> from your C
    library includes.  It is located in <CODE>/usr/include/sys/uio.h</CODE>.
    <STRONG>Or,</STRONG>
   </LI>
   <LI>Add  <CODE>-DNO_WRITEV</CODE> to the <CODE>EXTRA_CFLAGS</CODE>
    line in your <SAMP>Configuration</SAMP> and reconfigure/rebuild.
    This hurts performance and should only be used as a last resort.
   </LI>
  </UL>
  <P></P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="broken-gcc"><STRONG>I'm using gcc and I get some
	compilation errors, what is wrong?</STRONG></A>
    <P>
    GCC parses your system header files and produces a modified subset which
    it uses for compiling.  This behaviour ties GCC tightly to the version
    of your operating system.  So, for example, if you were running IRIX 5.3
    when you built GCC and then upgrade to IRIX 6.2 later, you will have to
    rebuild GCC.  Similarly for Solaris 2.4, 2.5, or 2.5.1 when you upgrade
    to 2.6.  Sometimes you can type "gcc -v" and it will tell you the version
    of the operating system it was built against.
    </P>
    <P>
    If you fail to do this, then it is very likely that Apache will fail
    to build.  One of the most common errors is with <CODE>readv</CODE>,
    <CODE>writev</CODE>, or <CODE>uio.h</CODE>.  This is <STRONG>not</STRONG> a
    bug with Apache.  You will need to re-install GCC.
    </P>
   <HR>
  </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="glibc-crypt">
      <STRONG>I'm using RedHat Linux 5.0, or some other 
      <SAMP>glibc</SAMP>-based Linux system, and I get errors with the
      <CODE>crypt</CODE> function when I attempt to build Apache 1.2.</STRONG>
     </A>

  <P>
  <SAMP>glibc</SAMP> puts the <CODE>crypt</CODE> function into a separate
  library.  Edit your <CODE>src/Configuration</CODE> file and set this:
  </P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>EXTRA_LIBS=-lcrypt</CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P>
  Then re-run <SAMP>src/Configure</SAMP> and re-execute the make.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 






  <H3>D. Error Log Messages and Problems Starting Apache</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="setgid">
      <STRONG>Why do I get &quot;<SAMP>setgid: Invalid
      argument</SAMP>&quot; at startup?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Your
  <A HREF="../mod/core.html#group"><SAMP>Group</SAMP></A>
  directive (probably in <SAMP>conf/httpd.conf</SAMP>) needs to name a
  group that actually exists in the <SAMP>/etc/group</SAMP> file (or
  your system's equivalent).  This problem is also frequently seen when
  a negative number is used in the <CODE>Group</CODE> directive
  (<EM>e.g.</EM>, "<CODE>Group&nbsp;#-1</CODE>").  Using a group name
  -- not group number -- found in your system's group database should
  solve this problem in all cases.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="nodelay">
      <STRONG>Why am I getting &quot;<SAMP>httpd: could not set socket
      option TCP_NODELAY</SAMP>&quot; in my error log?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  This message almost always indicates that the client disconnected
  before Apache reached the point of calling <CODE>setsockopt()</CODE>
  for the connection.  It shouldn't occur for more than about 1% of the
  requests your server handles, and it's advisory only in any case.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="peerreset">
      <STRONG>Why am I getting &quot;<SAMP>connection reset by
      peer</SAMP>&quot; in my error log?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  This is a normal message and nothing about which to be alarmed.  It simply
  means that the client canceled the connection before it had been
  completely set up - such as by the end-user pressing the &quot;Stop&quot;
  button.  People's patience being what it is, sites with response-time
  problems or slow network links may experiences this more than
  high-capacity ones or those with large pipes to the network.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="wheres-the-dump">
      <STRONG>The errorlog says Apache dumped core, but where's the dump
      file?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  In Apache version 1.2, the error log message
  about dumped core includes the directory where the dump file should be
  located.  However, many Unixes do not allow a process that has
  called <CODE>setuid()</CODE> to dump core for security reasons;
  the typical Apache setup has the server started as root to bind to
  port 80, after which it changes UIDs to a non-privileged user to
  serve requests.
  </P>
  <P>
  Dealing with this is extremely operating system-specific, and may
  require rebuilding your system kernel.  Consult your operating system
  documentation or vendor for more information about whether your system
  does this and how to bypass it.  If there <EM>is</EM> a documented way
  of bypassing it, it is recommended that you bypass it only for the
  <SAMP>httpd</SAMP> server process if possible.
  </P>
  <P>
  The canonical location for Apache's core-dump files is the
  <A HREF="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</A>
  directory. As of Apache version 1.3, the location can be set <EM>via</EM>
  the
  <A HREF="../mod/core.html#coredumpdirectory"
  ><SAMP>CoreDumpDirectory</SAMP></A>
  directive to a different directory. Make sure that this directory is
  writable by the user the server runs as (as opposed to the user the server
  is <EM>started</EM> as).
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="linux-shmget">
      <STRONG>When I run it under Linux I get &quot;shmget:
      function not found&quot;, what should I do?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Your kernel has been built without SysV IPC support.  You will have
  to rebuild the kernel with that support enabled (it's under the
  &quot;General Setup&quot; submenu).  Documentation for kernel
  building is beyond the scope of this FAQ; you should consult the <A
  HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html" >Kernel
  HOWTO</A>, or the documentation provided with your distribution, or
  a <A HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/META-FAQ.html" >Linux
  newsgroup/mailing list</A>.  As a last-resort workaround, you can
  comment out the <CODE>#define&nbsp;USE_SHMGET_SCOREBOARD</CODE>
  definition in the <SAMP>LINUX</SAMP> section of
  <SAMP>src/conf.h</SAMP> and rebuild the server (prior to 1.3b4,
  simply removing <CODE>#define&nbsp;HAVE_SHMGET</CODE> would have
  sufficed).  This will produce a server which is slower and less
  reliable.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="nfslocking">
      <STRONG>Server hangs, or fails to start, and/or error log
      fills with &quot;<SAMP>fcntl: F_SETLKW: No record locks
      available</SAMP>&quot; or similar messages</STRONG>
     </A>

  <P>
  These are symptoms of a fine locking problem, which usually means that
  the server is trying to use a synchronization file on an NFS filesystem.
  </P>
  <P>
  Because of its parallel-operation model, the Apache Web server needs to
  provide some form of synchronization when accessing certain resources.
  One of these synchronization methods involves taking out locks on a file,
  which means that the filesystem whereon the lockfile resides must support
  locking.  In many cases this means it <EM>can't</EM> be kept on an
  NFS-mounted filesystem.
  </P>
  <P>
  To cause the Web server to work around the NFS locking limitations, include
  a line such as the following in your server configuration files:
  </P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>LockFile /var/run/apache-lock</CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P>
  The directory should not be generally writable (<EM>e.g.</EM>, don't use
  <SAMP>/var/tmp</SAMP>).
  See the <A HREF="../mod/core.html#lockfile"><SAMP>LockFile</SAMP></A>
  documentation for more information.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="aixccbug"><STRONG>Why am I getting "<SAMP>Expected
       &lt/Directory&gt; but saw &lt;/Directory&gt;</SAMP>" when
       I try to start Apache?</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   This is a known problem with certain versions of the AIX C compiler.
   IBM are working on a solution, and the issue is being tracked by
   <A HREF="http://bugs.apache.org/index/full/2312">problem report #2312</A>.
   </P>
   <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="redhat">
      <STRONG>I'm using RedHat Linux and I have problems with httpd
      dying randomly or not restarting properly</STRONG>
     </A>

  <P>
  RedHat Linux versions 4.x (and possibly earlier) RPMs contain
  various nasty scripts which do not stop or restart Apache properly.
  These can affect you even if you're not running the RedHat supplied
  RPMs.
  </P>
  <P>
  If you're using the default install then you're probably running
  Apache 1.1.3, which is outdated.  From RedHat's ftp site you can
  pick up a more recent RPM for Apache 1.2.x.  This will solve one of
  the problems.
  </P>
  <P>
  If you're using a custom built Apache rather than the RedHat RPMs
  then you should <CODE>rpm -e apache</CODE>.  In particular you want
  the mildly broken <CODE>/etc/logrotate.d/apache</CODE> script to be
  removed, and you want the broken <CODE>/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd</CODE>
  (or <CODE>httpd.init</CODE>) script to be removed.  The latter is
  actually fixed by the apache-1.2.5 RPMs but if you're building your
  own Apache then you probably don't want the RedHat files.
  </P>
  <P>
  We can't stress enough how important it is for folks, <EM>especially
  vendors</EM> to follow the <A HREF="../stopping.html">stopping Apache
  directions</A> given in our documentation.  In RedHat's defense,
  the broken scripts were necessary with Apache 1.1.x because the
  Linux support in 1.1.x was very poor, and there were various race
  conditions on all platforms.  None of this should be necessary with
  Apache 1.2 and later.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="stopping">
      <STRONG>I upgraded from an Apache version earlier
      than 1.2.0 and suddenly I have problems with Apache dying randomly
      or not restarting properly</STRONG>
     </A>

  <P>
  You should read <A HREF="#redhat">the previous note</A> about
  problems with RedHat installations.  It is entirely likely that your
  installation has start/stop/restart scripts which were built for
  an earlier version of Apache.  Versions earlier than 1.2.0 had
  various race conditions that made it necessary to use
  <CODE>kill -9</CODE> at times to take out all the httpd servers.
  But that should not be necessary any longer.  You should follow
  the <A HREF="../stopping.html">directions on how to stop
  and restart Apache</A>.
  </P>
  <P>As of Apache 1.3 there is a script
  <CODE>src/support/apachectl</CODE> which, after a bit of
  customization, is suitable for starting, stopping, and restarting
  your server.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A name="setservername">
       <b>When I try to start Apache from a DOS
       window, I get a message like "<samp>Cannot determine host name.
       Use ServerName directive to set it manually.</samp>"  What does
       this mean?</b></A>

  <p>
  It means what it says; the Apache software can't determine the
  hostname of your system.  Edit your <samp>conf\httpd.conf</samp>
  file, look for the string "ServerName", and make sure there's an
  uncommented directive such as
  </p>
  <dl>
   <dd><code>ServerName localhost</code></dd>
  </dl>
  <p>
  or
  </p>
  <dl>
   <dd><code>ServerName www.foo.com</code></dd>
  </dl>
  <p>
  in the file.  Correct it if there one there with wrong information, or
  add one if you don't already have one.
  </p>
  <p>
  Also, make sure that your Windows system has DNS enabled.  See the TCP/IP
  setup component of the Networking or Internet Options control panel.
  </p>
  <p>
  After verifying that DNS is enabled and that you have a valid hostname
  in your <samp>ServerName</samp> directive, try to start the server
  again.
  </p>
  <hr>
 </LI>
 <LI><A name="ws2_32dll">
       <b>When I try to start Apache for Windows, I get a message
	like "<samp>Unable To Locate WS2_32.DLL...</samp>". What should I do?</b></A>
  <p>
  Short answer: You need to install Winsock 2, available from
  <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/">http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/</A>
  </p>
  <p>
  Detailed answer: Prior to version 1.3.9, Apache for Windows used Winsock 1.1. Beginning with
  version 1.3.9, Apache began using Winsock 2 features (specifically, WSADuplicateSocket()).
  WS2_32.DLL implements the Winsock 2 API. Winsock 2 ships with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98.
  Some of the earlier releases of Windows 95 did not include Winsock 2.
  </p>
  <hr>
 </LI>

</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 






  <H3>E. Configuration Questions</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="fdlim">
      <STRONG>Why can't I run more than &lt;<EM>n</EM>&gt;
      virtual hosts?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  You are probably running into resource limitations in your
  operating system.  The most common limitation is the
  <EM>per</EM>-process limit on <STRONG>file descriptors</STRONG>,
  which is almost always the cause of problems seen when adding
  virtual hosts.  Apache often does not give an intuitive error
  message because it is normally some library routine (such as
  <CODE>gethostbyname()</CODE>) which needs file descriptors and
  doesn't complain intelligibly when it can't get them.
  </P>
  <P>
  Each log file requires a file descriptor, which means that if you are
  using separate access and error logs for each virtual host, each
  virtual host needs two file descriptors.  Each
  <A HREF="../mod/core.html#listen"><SAMP>Listen</SAMP></A>
  directive also needs a file descriptor.
  </P>
  <P>
  Typical values for &lt;<EM>n</EM>&gt; that we've seen are in
  the neighborhood of 128 or 250.  When the server bumps into the file
  descriptor limit, it may dump core with a SIGSEGV, it might just
  hang, or it may limp along and you'll see (possibly meaningful) errors
  in the error log.  One common problem that occurs when you run into
  a file descriptor limit is that CGI scripts stop being executed
  properly.
  </P>
  <P>
  As to what you can do about this:
  </P>
  <OL>
   <LI>Reduce the number of
    <A HREF="../mod/core.html#listen"><SAMP>Listen</SAMP></A>
    directives.  If there are no other servers running on the machine
    on the same port then you normally don't
    need any Listen directives at all.  By default Apache listens to
    all addresses on port 80.
   </LI>
   <LI>Reduce the number of log files.  You can use
    <A HREF="../mod/mod_log_config.html"><SAMP>mod_log_config</SAMP></A>
    to log all requests to a single log file while including the name
    of the virtual host in the log file.  You can then write a
    script to split the logfile into separate files later if
    necessary.  Such a script is provided with the Apache 1.3 distribution
    in the <SAMP>src/support/split-logfile</SAMP> file.
   </LI>
   <LI>Increase the number of file descriptors available to the server
    (see your system's documentation on the <CODE>limit</CODE> or
    <CODE>ulimit</CODE> commands).  For some systems, information on
    how to do this is available in the
    <A HREF="perf.html">performance hints</A> page.  There is a specific
    note for <A HREF="#freebsd-setsize">FreeBSD</A> below.
    <P>
    For Windows 95, try modifying your <SAMP>C:\CONFIG.SYS</SAMP> file to
    include a line like
    </P>
    <DL>
     <DD><CODE>FILES=300</CODE>
     </DD>
    </DL>
    <P>
    Remember that you'll need to reboot your Windows 95 system in order
    for the new value to take effect.
    </P>
   </LI>
   <LI>&quot;Don't do that&quot; - try to run with fewer virtual hosts
   </LI>
   <LI>Spread your operation across multiple server processes (using
    <A HREF="../mod/core.html#listen"><SAMP>Listen</SAMP></A>
    for example, but see the first point) and/or ports.
   </LI>
  </OL>
  <P>
  Since this is an operating-system limitation, there's not much else
  available in the way of solutions.
  </P>
  <P>
  As of 1.2.1 we have made attempts to work around various limitations
  involving running with many descriptors.
  <A HREF="descriptors.html">More information is available.</A>
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="freebsd-setsize">
      <STRONG>Can I increase <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP> on FreeBSD?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  On versions of FreeBSD before 3.0, the <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP> define 
  defaults to 256.  This means that you will have trouble usefully using
  more than 256 file descriptors in Apache.  This can be increased, but
  doing so can be tricky.
  </P>
  <P>
  If you are using a version prior to 2.2, you need to recompile your
  kernel with a larger <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP>.  This can be done by adding a 
  line such as:
  </P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>options FD_SETSIZE <EM>nnn</EM></CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P>
  to your kernel config file.  Starting at version 2.2, this is no
  longer necessary.
  </P>
  <P>
  If you are using a version of 2.1-stable from after 1997/03/10 or
  2.2 or 3.0-current from before 1997/06/28, there is a limit in
  the resolver library that prevents it from using more file descriptors
  than what <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP> is set to when libc is compiled.  To
  increase this, you have to recompile libc with a higher
  <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP>.
  </P>
  <P>
  In FreeBSD 3.0, the default <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP> has been increased to
  1024 and the above limitation in the resolver library
  has been removed.
  </P>
  <P>
  After you deal with the appropriate changes above, you can increase 
  the setting of <SAMP>FD_SETSIZE</SAMP> at Apache compilation time 
  by adding &quot;<SAMP>-DFD_SETSIZE=<EM>nnn</EM></SAMP>&quot; to the
  <SAMP>EXTRA_CFLAGS</SAMP> line in your <SAMP>Configuration</SAMP>
  file.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="errordoc401">
      <STRONG>Why doesn't my <CODE>ErrorDocument 401</CODE> work?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  You need to use it with a URL in the form
  &quot;<SAMP>/foo/bar</SAMP>&quot; and not one with a method and
  hostname such as &quot;<SAMP>http://host/foo/bar</SAMP>&quot;.  See the
  <A HREF="../mod/core.html#errordocument"><SAMP>ErrorDocument</SAMP></A>
  documentation for details.  This was incorrectly documented in the past.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="cookies1">
      <STRONG>Why does Apache send a cookie on every response?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Apache does <EM>not</EM> automatically send a cookie on every
  response, unless you have re-compiled it with the
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_usertrack.html"><SAMP>mod_usertrack</SAMP></A>
  module, and specifically enabled it with the
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_usertrack.html#cookietracking"
  ><SAMP>CookieTracking</SAMP></A>
  directive.
  This module has been in Apache since version 1.2.
  This module may help track users, and uses cookies to do this. If
  you are not using the data generated by <SAMP>mod_usertrack</SAMP>, do
  not compile it into Apache. 
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="cookies2">
      <STRONG>Why don't my cookies work, I even compiled in
      <SAMP>mod_cookies</SAMP>?
      </STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Firstly, you do <EM>not</EM> need to compile in
  <SAMP>mod_cookies</SAMP> in order for your scripts to work (see the
  <A HREF="#cookies1">previous question</A>
  for more about <SAMP>mod_cookies</SAMP>). Apache passes on your
  <SAMP>Set-Cookie</SAMP> header fine, with or without this module. If
  cookies do not work it will be because your script does not work
  properly or your browser does not use cookies or is not set-up to
  accept them.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="jdk1-and-http1.1">
      <STRONG>Why do my Java app[let]s give me plain text when I request
      an URL from an Apache server?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  As of version 1.2, Apache is an HTTP/1.1 (HyperText Transfer Protocol
  version 1.1) server.  This fact is reflected in the protocol version
  that's included in the response headers sent to a client when
  processing a request.  Unfortunately, low-level Web access classes
  included in the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.0.2 expect to see
  the version string &quot;HTTP/1.0&quot; and do not correctly interpret
  the &quot;HTTP/1.1&quot; value Apache is sending (this part of the
  response is a declaration of what the server can do rather than a
  declaration of the dialect of the response).  The result
  is that the JDK methods do not correctly parse the headers, and
  include them with the document content by mistake.
  </P>
  <P>
  This is definitely a bug in the JDK 1.0.2 foundation classes from Sun,
  and it has been fixed in version 1.1.  However, the classes in
  question are part of the virtual machine environment, which means
  they're part of the Web browser (if Java-enabled) or the Java
  environment on the client system - so even if you develop
  <EM>your</EM> classes with a recent JDK, the eventual users might
  encounter the problem.
  The classes involved are replaceable by vendors implementing the
  Java virtual machine environment, and so even those that are based
  upon the 1.0.2 version may not have this problem.
  </P>
  <P>
  In the meantime, a workaround is to tell
  Apache to &quot;fake&quot; an HTTP/1.0 response to requests that come
  from the JDK methods; this can be done by including a line such as the
  following in your server configuration files:
  </P>
  <P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>BrowserMatch Java1.0 force-response-1.0
    <BR>
    BrowserMatch JDK/1.0 force-response-1.0</CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P></P>
  <P>
  More information about this issue can be found in the
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/info/jdk-102.html"
  ><CITE>Java and HTTP/1.1</CITE></A>
  page at the Apache web site.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="midi">
      <STRONG>How do I get Apache to send a MIDI file so the browser can
      play it?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Even though the registered MIME type for MIDI files is
  <SAMP>audio/midi</SAMP>, some browsers are not set up to recognize it
  as such; instead, they look for <SAMP>audio/x-midi</SAMP>.  There are
  two things you can do to address this:
  </P>
  <OL>
   <LI>Configure your browser to treat documents of type
    <SAMP>audio/midi</SAMP> correctly.  This is the type that Apache
    sends by default.  This may not be workable, however, if you have
    many client installations to change, or if some or many of the
    clients are not under your control.
   </LI>
   <LI>Instruct Apache to send a different <SAMP>Content-type</SAMP>
    header for these files by adding the following line to your server's
    configuration files:
    <P>
    <DL>
     <DD><CODE>AddType audio/x-midi .mid .midi .kar</CODE>
     </DD>
    </DL>
    <P></P>
    <P>
    Note that this may break browsers that <EM>do</EM> recognize the
    <SAMP>audio/midi</SAMP> MIME type unless they're prepared to also
    handle <SAMP>audio/x-midi</SAMP> the same way.
    </P>
   </LI>
  </OL>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="addlog">
      <STRONG>How do I add browsers and referrers to my logs?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Apache provides a couple of different ways of doing this.  The
  recommended method is to compile the
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_log_config.html"><SAMP>mod_log_config</SAMP></A>
  module into your configuration and use the
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_log_config.html#customlog"><SAMP>CustomLog</SAMP></A>
  directive.
  </P>
  <P>
  You can either log the additional information in files other than your
  normal transfer log, or you can add them to the records already being
  written.  For example:
  </P>
  <P>
  <CODE>
   CustomLog&nbsp;logs/access_log&nbsp;"%h&nbsp;%l&nbsp;%u&nbsp;%t&nbsp;\"%r\"&nbsp;%s&nbsp;%b&nbsp;\"%{Referer}i\"&nbsp;\"%{User-Agent}i\""
  </CODE>
  </P>
  <P>
  This will add the values of the <SAMP>User-agent:</SAMP> and
  <SAMP>Referer:</SAMP> headers, which indicate the client and the
  referring page, respectively, to the end of each line in the access
  log.
  </P>
  <P>
  You may want to check out the <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> article
  entitled:
  &quot;<A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/logfiles" REL="Help"
        ><CITE>Gathering Visitor Information: Customizing Your
         Logfiles</CITE></A>&quot;.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="set-servername">
      <STRONG>Why does accessing directories only work when I include
      the trailing &quot;/&quot;
      (<EM>e.g.</EM>,&nbsp;<SAMP>http://foo.domain.com/~user/</SAMP>)
      but not when I omit it
      (<EM>e.g.</EM>,&nbsp;<SAMP>http://foo.domain.com/~user</SAMP>)?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  When you access a directory without a trailing &quot;/&quot;, Apache needs
  to send what is called a redirect to the client to tell it to
  add the trailing slash.  If it did not do so, relative URLs would
  not work properly.  When it sends the redirect, it needs to know
  the name of the server so that it can include it in the redirect.
  There are two ways for Apache to find this out; either it can guess,
  or you can tell it.  If your DNS is configured correctly, it can
  normally guess without any problems.  If it is not, however, then
  you need to tell it.
  </P>
  <P>
  Add a <A HREF="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</A> directive
  to the config file to tell it what the domain name of the server is.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="no-info-directives">
      <STRONG>Why doesn't mod_info list any directives?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  The <A HREF="../mod/mod_info.html"><SAMP>mod_info</SAMP></A>
  module allows you to use a Web browser to see how your server is
  configured.  Among the information it displays is the list modules and
  their configuration directives.  The &quot;current&quot; values for
  the directives are not necessarily those of the running server; they
  are extracted from the configuration files themselves at the time of
  the request.  If the files have been changed since the server was last
  reloaded, the display will will not match the values actively in use.
  If the files and the path to the files are not readable by the user as
  which the server is running (see the
  <A HREF="../mod/core.html#user"><SAMP>User</SAMP></A>
  directive), then <SAMP>mod_info</SAMP> cannot read them in order to
  list their values.  An entry <EM>will</EM> be made in the error log in
  this event, however.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="namevhost">
      <STRONG>I upgraded to Apache 1.3 and now my virtual hosts don't
      work!</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  In versions of Apache prior to 1.3b2, there was a lot of confusion
  regarding address-based virtual hosts and (HTTP/1.1) name-based
  virtual hosts, and the rules concerning how the server processed
  <SAMP>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</SAMP> definitions were very complex and not
  well documented.
  </P>
  <P>
  Apache 1.3b2 introduced a new directive,
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#namevirtualhost"
  ><SAMP>NameVirtualHost</SAMP></A>,
  which simplifies the rules quite a bit.  However, changing the rules
  like this means that your existing name-based
  <SAMP>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</SAMP> containers probably won't work
  correctly immediately following the upgrade.
  </P>
  <P>
  To correct this problem, add the following line to the beginning of
  your server configuration file, before defining any virtual hosts:
  </P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>NameVirtualHost <EM>n.n.n.n</EM></CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P>
  Replace the &quot;<SAMP>n.n.n.n</SAMP>&quot; with the IP address to
  which the name-based virtual host names resolve; if you have multiple
  name-based hosts on multiple addresses, repeat the directive for each
  address.
  </P>
  <P>
  Make sure that your name-based <SAMP>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</SAMP> blocks
  contain <SAMP>ServerName</SAMP> and possibly <SAMP>ServerAlias</SAMP>
  directives so Apache can be sure to tell them apart correctly.
  </P>
  <P>
  Please see the
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/vhosts/">Apache
  Virtual Host documentation</A> for further details about configuration.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="redhat-htm">
      <STRONG>I'm using RedHat Linux and my .htm files are showing
      up as HTML source rather than being formatted!</STRONG>
     </A>

  <P>
  RedHat messed up and forgot to put a content type for <CODE>.htm</CODE>
  files into <CODE>/etc/mime.types</CODE>.  Edit <CODE>/etc/mime.types</CODE>,
  find the line containing <CODE>html</CODE> and add <CODE>htm</CODE> to it.
  Then restart your httpd server:
  </P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>kill -HUP `cat /var/run/httpd.pid`</CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P>
  Then <STRONG>clear your browsers' caches</STRONG>.  (Many browsers won't
  re-examine the content type after they've reloaded a page.)
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="htaccess-work">
       <STRONG>My <CODE>.htaccess</CODE> files are being ignored.</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   This is almost always due to your <A HREF="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">
   AllowOverride</A> directive being set incorrectly for the directory in 
   question.  If it is set to <CODE>None</CODE> then .htaccess files will 
   not even be looked for.  If you do have one that is set, then be certain 
   it covers the directory you are trying to use the .htaccess file in.  
   This is normally accomplished by ensuring it is inside the proper 
   <A HREF="../mod/core.html#directory">Directory</A> container.
   </P>
   <HR>
 </LI>
 <LI><A NAME="forbidden">
       <STRONG>Why do I get a &quot;<SAMP>Forbidden</SAMP>&quot; message 
       whenever I try to access a particular directory?</STRONG></A>
   <P>
   This message is generally caused because either
   </P>
   <UL>
    <LI>The underlying file system permissions do not allow the
     User/Group under which Apache is running to access the necessary
     files; or
    <LI>The Apache configuration has some access restrictions in 
     place which forbid access to the files.
   </UL>
   <P>
   You can determine which case applies to your situation by checking the
   error log.
   </P>
   <P>
   In the case where file system permission are at fault, remember
   that not only must the directory and files in question be readable,
   but also all parent directories must be at least searchable by the
   web server in order for the content to be accessible.
   </P>
   <HR>
  </LI>
</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 






  <H3>F. Dynamic Content (CGI and SSI)</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="CGIoutsideScriptAlias">
      <STRONG>How do I enable CGI execution in directories other than
      the ScriptAlias?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Apache recognizes all files in a directory named as a
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias"><SAMP>ScriptAlias</SAMP></A>
  as being eligible for execution rather than processing as normal
  documents.  This applies regardless of the file name, so scripts in a
  ScriptAlias directory don't need to be named
  &quot;<SAMP>*.cgi</SAMP>&quot; or &quot;<SAMP>*.pl</SAMP>&quot; or
  whatever.  In other words, <EM>all</EM> files in a ScriptAlias
  directory are scripts, as far as Apache is concerned.
  </P>
  <P>
  To persuade Apache to execute scripts in other locations, such as in
  directories where normal documents may also live, you must tell it how
  to recognize them - and also that it's okay to execute them.  For
  this, you need to use something like the
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler"><SAMP>AddHandler</SAMP></A>
  directive.
  </P>
  <P>
  <OL>
   <LI>In an appropriate section of your server configuration files, add
    a line such as
    <P>
    <DL>
     <DD><CODE>AddHandler cgi-script .cgi</CODE>
     </DD>
    </DL>
    <P></P>
    <P>
    The server will then recognize that all files in that location (and
    its logical descendants) that end in &quot;<SAMP>.cgi</SAMP>&quot;
    are script files, not documents.
    </P>
   </LI>
   <LI>Make sure that the directory location is covered by an
    <A HREF="../mod/core.html#options"><SAMP>Options</SAMP></A>
    declaration that includes the <SAMP>ExecCGI</SAMP> option.
   </LI>
  </OL>
  <P></P>
  <P>
  In some situations, you might not want to actually
  allow all files named &quot;<SAMP>*.cgi</SAMP>&quot; to be executable.
  Perhaps all you want is to enable a particular file in a normal directory to
  be executable. This can be alternatively accomplished 
  <EM>via</EM> <A HREF="../mod/mod_rewrite.html"><SAMP>mod_rewrite</SAMP></A> 
  and the following steps:
  </P>
  <P>
  <OL>
   <LI>Locally add to the corresponding <SAMP>.htaccess</SAMP> file a ruleset
    similar to this one:
    <P>
    <DL>
     <DD><CODE>RewriteEngine on
      <BR>
      RewriteBase   /~foo/bar/
      <BR>
      RewriteRule   ^quux\.cgi$  -  [T=application/x-httpd-cgi]</CODE>
     </DD>
    </DL>
    <P></P>
   </LI>
   <LI>Make sure that the directory location is covered by an
    <A HREF="../mod/core.html#options"><SAMP>Options</SAMP></A>
    declaration that includes the <SAMP>ExecCGI</SAMP> and
    <SAMP>FollowSymLinks</SAMP> option.
   </LI>
  </OL>
  <P></P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="premature-script-headers">
      <STRONG>What does it mean when my CGIs fail with
      &quot;<SAMP>Premature end of script headers</SAMP>&quot;?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  It means just what it says: the server was expecting a complete set of
  HTTP headers (one or more followed by a blank line), and didn't get
  them.
  </P>
  <P>
  The most common cause of this problem is the script dying before
  sending the complete set of headers, or possibly any at all, to the
  server.  To see if this is the case, try running the script standalone
  from an interactive session, rather than as a script under the server.
  If you get error messages, this is almost certainly the cause of the
  &quot;premature end of script headers&quot; message.  Even if the CGI 
  runs fine from the command line, remember that the environment and
  permissions may be different when running under the web server.  The
  CGI can only access resources allowed for the <A 
  HREF="../mod/core.html#user"><CODE>User</CODE></A> and 
  <A HREF="../mod/core.html#group"><CODE>Group</CODE></A> specified in 
  your Apache configuration.  In addition, the environment will not be 
  the same as the one provided on the command line, but it can be 
  adjusted using the directives provided by <A 
  HREF="../mod/mod_env.html">mod_env</A>.
  </P>
  <P>
  The second most common cause of this (aside from people not
  outputting the required headers at all) is a result of an interaction
  with Perl's output buffering.  To make Perl flush its buffers
  after each output statement, insert the following statements around
  the <CODE>print</CODE> or <CODE>write</CODE> statements that send your
  HTTP headers:
  </P>
  <P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>{<BR>
    &nbsp;local ($oldbar) = $|;<BR>
    &nbsp;$cfh = select (STDOUT);<BR>
    &nbsp;$| = 1;<BR>
    &nbsp;#<BR>
    &nbsp;# print your HTTP headers here<BR>
    &nbsp;#<BR>
    &nbsp;$| = $oldbar;<BR>
    &nbsp;select ($cfh);<BR>
    }</CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P></P>
  <P>
  This is generally only necessary when you are calling external
  programs from your script that send output to stdout, or if there will
  be a long delay between the time the headers are sent and the actual
  content starts being emitted.  To maximize performance, you should
  turn buffer-flushing back <EM>off</EM> (with <CODE>$| = 0</CODE> or the
  equivalent) after the statements that send the headers, as displayed
  above.
  </P>
  <P>
  If your script isn't written in Perl, do the equivalent thing for
  whatever language you <EM>are</EM> using (<EM>e.g.</EM>, for C, call
  <CODE>fflush()</CODE> after writing the headers).
  </P>
  <P>
  Another cause for the &quot;premature end of script headers&quot;
  message are the RLimitCPU and RLimitMEM directives. You may
  get the message if the CGI script was killed due to a
  resource limit.
  </P>
  <P>
  In addition, a configuration problem in <A
  HREF="../suexec.html">suEXEC</A>, mod_perl, or another third party
  module can often interfere with the execution of your CGI and cause
  the &quot;premature end of script headers&quot; message.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="POSTnotallowed">
      <STRONG>Why do I keep getting &quot;Method Not Allowed&quot; for 
      form POST requests?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  This is almost always due to Apache not being configured to treat the
  file you are trying to POST to as a CGI script.  You can not POST 
  to a normal HTML file; the operation has no meaning.  See the FAQ 
  entry on <A HREF="#CGIoutsideScriptAlias">CGIs outside ScriptAliased
  directories</A> for details on how to configure Apache to treat the
  file in question as a CGI.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="nph-scripts">
      <STRONG>How can I get my script's output without Apache buffering
      it?  Why doesn't my server push work?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  As of Apache 1.3, CGI scripts are essentially not buffered.  Every time
  your script does a "flush" to output data, that data gets relayed on to
  the client.  Some scripting languages, for example Perl, have their own
  buffering for output - this can be disabled by setting the <CODE>$|</CODE>
  special variable to 1.  Of course this does increase the overall number
  of packets being transmitted, which can result in a sense of slowness for 
  the end user.
  </P>
  <P>Prior to 1.3, you needed to use "nph-" scripts to accomplish
  non-buffering.  Today, the only difference between nph scripts and
  normal scripts is that nph scripts require the full HTTP headers to
  be sent.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="cgi-spec">
      <STRONG>Where can I find the &quot;CGI specification&quot;?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) specification can be found at
  the original NCSA site 
  &lt;<A HREF="http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/interface.html">
  <SAMP>http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/interface.html</SAMP></A>&gt;.
  This version hasn't been updated since 1995, and there have been
  some efforts to update it.  
  </P>
  <P>
  A new draft is being worked on with the intent of making it an informational
  RFC; you can find out more about this project at
  &lt;<A HREF="http://web.golux.com/coar/cgi/"
      ><SAMP>http://web.golux.com/coar/cgi/</SAMP></A>&gt;.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="fastcgi">
      <STRONG>Why isn't FastCGI included with Apache any more?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  The simple answer is that it was becoming too difficult to keep the
  version being included with Apache synchronized with the master copy
  at the
  <A HREF="http://www.fastcgi.com/"
  >FastCGI web site</A>.  When a new version of Apache was released, the
  version of the FastCGI module included with it would soon be out of date.
  </P>
  <P>
  You can still obtain the FastCGI module for Apache from the master
  FastCGI web site.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="ssi-part-i">
      <STRONG>How do I enable SSI (parsed HTML)?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  SSI (an acronym for Server-Side Include) directives allow static HTML
  documents to be enhanced at run-time (<EM>e.g.</EM>, when delivered to
  a client by Apache).  The format of SSI directives is covered
  in the <A HREF="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include manual</A>;
  suffice it to say that Apache supports not only SSI but
  xSSI (eXtended SSI) directives.
  </P>
  <P>
  Processing a document at run-time is called <EM>parsing</EM> it; hence
  the term &quot;parsed HTML&quot; sometimes used for documents that
  contain SSI instructions.  Parsing tends to be <EM>extremely</EM>
  resource-consumptive, and is not enabled by default.  It can also
  interfere with the cachability of your documents, which can put a
  further load on your server.  (see the
  <A HREF="#ssi-part-ii">next question</A> for more information about this.)
  </P>
  <P>
  To enable SSI processing, you need to
  </P>
  <UL>
   <LI>Build your server with the
    <A HREF="../mod/mod_include.html"><SAMP>mod_include</SAMP></A>
    module.  This is normally compiled in by default.
   </LI>
   <LI>Make sure your server configuration files have an
    <A HREF="../mod/core.html#options"><SAMP>Options</SAMP></A>
    directive which permits <SAMP>Includes</SAMP>.
   </LI>
   <LI>Make sure that the directory where you want the SSI documents to
    live is covered by the &quot;server-parsed&quot; content handler,
    either explicitly or in some ancestral location.  That can be done
    with the following
    <A HREF="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler"><SAMP>AddHandler</SAMP></A>
    directive:
    <P>
    <DL>
     <DD><CODE>AddHandler server-parsed .shtml</CODE>
     </DD>
    </DL>
    <P></P>
    <P>
    This indicates that all files ending in &quot;.shtml&quot; in that
    location (or its descendants) should be parsed.  Note that using
    &quot;.html&quot; will cause all normal HTML files to be parsed,
    which may put an inordinate load on your server.
    </P>
   </LI>
  </UL>
  <P>
  For additional information, see the <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> article on
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/ssi" REL="Help"
  ><CITE>Using Server Side Includes</CITE></A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="ssi-part-ii">
      <STRONG>Why don't my parsed files get cached?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Since the server is performing run-time processing of your SSI
  directives, which may change the content shipped to the client, it
  can't know at the time it starts parsing what the final size of the
  result will be, or whether the parsed result will always be the same.
  This means that it can't generate <SAMP>Content-Length</SAMP> or
  <SAMP>Last-Modified</SAMP> headers.  Caches commonly work by comparing
  the <SAMP>Last-Modified</SAMP> of what's in the cache with that being
  delivered by the server.  Since the server isn't sending that header
  for a parsed document, whatever's doing the caching can't tell whether
  the document has changed or not - and so fetches it again to be on the
  safe side.
  </P>
  <P>
  You can work around this in some cases by causing an
  <SAMP>Expires</SAMP> header to be generated.  (See the
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_expires.html" REL="Help"><SAMP>mod_expires</SAMP></A>
  documentation for more details.)  Another possibility is to use the
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_include.html#xbithack" REL="Help"
  ><SAMP>XBitHack Full</SAMP></A>
  mechanism, which tells Apache to send (under certain circumstances
  detailed in the XBitHack directive description) a
  <SAMP>Last-Modified</SAMP> header based upon the last modification
  time of the file being parsed.  Note that this may actually be lying
  to the client if the parsed file doesn't change but the SSI-inserted
  content does; if the included content changes often, this can result
  in stale copies being cached.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="ssi-part-iii">
      <STRONG>How can I have my script output parsed?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  So you want to include SSI directives in the output from your CGI
  script, but can't figure out how to do it?
  The short answer is &quot;you can't.&quot;  This is potentially
  a security liability and, more importantly, it can not be cleanly
  implemented under the current server API.  The best workaround
  is for your script itself to do what the SSIs would be doing.
  After all, it's generating the rest of the content.
  </P>
  <P>
  This is a feature The Apache Group hopes to add in the next major
  release after 1.3.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="ssi-part-iv">
      <STRONG>SSIs don't work for VirtualHosts and/or 
        user home directories.</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  This is almost always due to having some setting in your config file that
  sets "Options Includes" or some other setting for your DocumentRoot
  but not for other directories.  If you set it inside a Directory
  section, then that setting will only apply to that directory.  
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="errordocssi">
      <STRONG>How can I use <CODE>ErrorDocument</CODE>
      and SSI to simplify customized error messages?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Have a look at <A HREF="custom_errordocs.html">this document</A>.
  It shows in example form how you can a combination of XSSI and
  negotiation to tailor a set of <CODE>ErrorDocument</CODE>s to your
  personal taste, and returning different internationalized error
  responses based on the client's native language.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="remote-user-var">
      <STRONG>Why is the environment variable 
      <SAMP>REMOTE_USER</SAMP> not set?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  This variable is set and thus available in SSI or CGI scripts <STRONG>if and
  only if</STRONG> the requested document was protected by access
  authentication.  For an explanation on how to implement these restrictions,
  see
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/"><CITE>Apache Week</CITE></A>'s
  articles on
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth"
  ><CITE>Using User Authentication</CITE></A>
  or
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/dbmauth"
  ><CITE>DBM User Authentication</CITE></A>.
  </P>
  <P>
  Hint: When using a CGI script to receive the data of a HTML <SAMP>FORM</SAMP>
  notice that protecting the document containing the <SAMP>FORM</SAMP> is not
  sufficient to provide <SAMP>REMOTE_USER</SAMP> to the CGI script.  You have
  to protect the CGI script, too. Or alternatively only the CGI script (then
  authentication happens only after filling out the form).
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 





  <H3>G. Authentication and Access Restrictions</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="dnsauth">
      <STRONG>Why isn't restricting access by host or domain name
      working correctly?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Two of the most common causes of this are:
  </P>
  <OL>
   <LI><STRONG>An error, inconsistency, or unexpected mapping in the DNS
    registration</STRONG>
    <BR>
    This happens frequently: your configuration restricts access to
    <SAMP>Host.FooBar.Com</SAMP>, but you can't get in from that host.
    The usual reason for this is that <SAMP>Host.FooBar.Com</SAMP> is
    actually an alias for another name, and when Apache performs the
    address-to-name lookup it's getting the <EM>real</EM> name, not
    <SAMP>Host.FooBar.Com</SAMP>.  You can verify this by checking the
    reverse lookup yourself.  The easiest way to work around it is to
    specify the correct host name in your configuration.
   </LI>
   <LI><STRONG>Inadequate checking and verification in your
    configuration of Apache</STRONG>
    <BR>
    If you intend to perform access checking and restriction based upon
    the client's host or domain name, you really need to configure
    Apache to double-check the origin information it's supplied.  You do
    this by adding the <SAMP>-DMAXIMUM_DNS</SAMP> clause to the
    <SAMP>EXTRA_CFLAGS</SAMP> definition in your
    <SAMP>Configuration</SAMP> file.  For example:
    <P>
    <DL>
     <DD><CODE>EXTRA_CFLAGS=-DMAXIMUM_DNS</CODE>
     </DD>
    </DL>
    <P></P>
    <P>
    This will cause Apache to be very paranoid about making sure a
    particular host address is <EM>really</EM> assigned to the name it
    claims to be.  Note that this <EM>can</EM> incur a significant
    performance penalty, however, because of all the name resolution
    requests being sent to a nameserver.
    </P>
   </LI>
  </OL>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="user-authentication">
      <STRONG>How do I set up Apache to require a username and
      password to access certain documents?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  There are several ways to do this; some of the more popular
  ones are to use the <A HREF="../mod/mod_auth.html">mod_auth</A>,
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_auth_db.html">mod_auth_db</A>, or
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_auth_dbm.html">mod_auth_dbm</A> modules.
  </P>
  <P>
  For an explanation on how to implement these restrictions, see
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/"><CITE>Apache Week</CITE></A>'s
  articles on
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth"
  ><CITE>Using User Authentication</CITE></A>
  or
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/dbmauth"
  ><CITE>DBM User Authentication</CITE></A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="remote-auth-only">
      <STRONG>How do I set up Apache to allow access to certain
      documents only if a site is either a local site <EM>or</EM>
      the user supplies a password and username?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Use the <A HREF="../mod/core.html#satisfy">Satisfy</A> directive,
  in particular the <CODE>Satisfy Any</CODE> directive, to require
  that only one of the access restrictions be met.  For example,
  adding the following configuration to a <SAMP>.htaccess</SAMP>
  or server configuration file would restrict access to people who
  either are accessing the site from a host under domain.com or
  who can supply a valid username and password:
  </P>
  <P>
  <DL>
   <DD><CODE>deny from all
    <BR>
    allow from .domain.com
    <BR>
    AuthType Basic
    <BR>
    AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/conf/htpasswd.users
    <BR>
    AuthName "special directory"
    <BR>
    require valid-user
    <BR>
    satisfy any</CODE>
   </DD>
  </DL>
  <P></P>
  <P>
  See the <A HREF="#user-authentication">user authentication</A>
  question and the <A HREF="../mod/mod_access.html">mod_access</A>
  module for details on how the above directives work.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="authauthoritative">
      <STRONG>Why does my authentication give me a server error?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Under normal circumstances, the Apache access control modules will
  pass unrecognized user IDs on to the next access control module in
  line.  Only if the user ID is recognized and the password is validated
  (or not) will it give the usual success or &quot;authentication
  failed&quot; messages.
  </P>
  <P>
  However, if the last access module in line 'declines' the validation
  request (because it has never heard of the user ID or because it is not
  configured), the <SAMP>http_request</SAMP> handler will give one of
  the following, confusing, errors:
  </P>
  <UL>
   <LI><SAMP>check access</SAMP>
   </LI>
   <LI><SAMP>check user.  No user file?</SAMP>
   </LI>
   <LI><SAMP>check access.  No groups file?</SAMP>
   </LI>
  </UL>
  <P>
  This does <EM>not</EM> mean that you have to add an
  '<SAMP>AuthUserFile&nbsp;/dev/null</SAMP>' line as some magazines suggest!
  </P>
  <P>
  The solution is to ensure that at least the last module is authoritative
  and <STRONG>CONFIGURED</STRONG>. By default, <SAMP>mod_auth</SAMP> is
  authoritative and will give an OK/Denied, but only if it is configured
  with the proper <SAMP>AuthUserFile</SAMP>.  Likewise, if a valid group
  is required.  (Remember that the modules are processed in the reverse
  order from that in which they appear in your compile-time
  <SAMP>Configuration</SAMP> file.)
  </P>
  <P>
  A typical situation for this error is when you are using the
  <SAMP>mod_auth_dbm</SAMP>, <SAMP>mod_auth_msql</SAMP>,
  <SAMP>mod_auth_mysql</SAMP>, <SAMP>mod_auth_anon</SAMP> or
  <SAMP>mod_auth_cookie</SAMP> modules on their own.  These are by
  default <STRONG>not</STRONG> authoritative, and this will pass the
  buck on to the (non-existent) next authentication module when the
  user ID is not in their respective database.  Just add the appropriate
  '<SAMP><EM>XXX</EM>Authoritative yes</SAMP>' line to the configuration.
  </P>
  <P>
  In general it is a good idea (though not terribly efficient) to have the
  file-based <SAMP>mod_auth</SAMP> a module of last resort. This allows
  you to access the web server with a few special passwords even if the
  databases are down or corrupted.  This does cost a
  file open/seek/close for each request in a protected area.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="auth-on-same-machine">
      <STRONG>Do I have to keep the (mSQL) authentication information
      on the same machine?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Some organizations feel very strongly about keeping the authentication
  information on a different machine than the webserver. With the
  <SAMP>mod_auth_msql</SAMP>, <SAMP>mod_auth_mysql</SAMP>, and other SQL
  modules connecting to (R)DBMses this is quite possible. Just configure
  an explicit host to contact.
  </P>
  <P>
  Be aware that with mSQL and Oracle, opening and closing these database
  connections is very expensive and time consuming. You might want to
  look at the code in the <SAMP>auth_*</SAMP> modules and play with the
  compile time flags to alleviate this somewhat, if your RDBMS licences
  allow for it.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="msql-slow">
      <STRONG>Why is my mSQL authentication terribly slow?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  You have probably configured the Host by specifying a FQHN,
  and thus the <SAMP>libmsql</SAMP> will use a full blown TCP/IP socket
  to talk to the database, rather than a fast internal device.  The
  <SAMP>libmsql</SAMP>, the mSQL FAQ, and the <SAMP>mod_auth_msql</SAMP>
  documentation warn you about this.  If you have to use different
  hosts, check out the <SAMP>mod_auth_msql</SAMP> code for
  some compile time flags which might - or might not - suit you.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="passwdauth">
      <STRONG>Can I use my <SAMP>/etc/passwd</SAMP> file
      for Web page authentication?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Yes, you can - but it's a <STRONG>very bad idea</STRONG>.  Here are
  some of the reasons:
  </P>
  <UL>
   <LI>The Web technology provides no governors on how often or how
    rapidly password (authentication failure) retries can be made.  That
    means that someone can hammer away at your system's
    <SAMP>root</SAMP> password using the Web, using a dictionary or
    similar mass attack, just as fast as the wire and your server can
    handle the requests.  Most operating systems these days include
    attack detection (such as <EM>n</EM> failed passwords for the same
    account within <EM>m</EM> seconds) and evasion (breaking the
    connection, disabling the account under attack, disabling
    <EM>all</EM> logins from that source, <EM>et cetera</EM>), but the
    Web does not.
   </LI>
   <LI>An account under attack isn't notified (unless the server is
    heavily modified); there's no &quot;You have 19483 login
    failures&quot; message when the legitimate owner logs in.
   </LI>
   <LI>Without an exhaustive and error-prone examination of the server
    logs, you can't tell whether an account has been compromised.
    Detecting that an attack has occurred, or is in progress, is fairly
    obvious, though - <EM>if</EM> you look at the logs.
   </LI>
   <LI>Web authentication passwords (at least for Basic authentication)
    generally fly across the wire, and through intermediate proxy
    systems, in what amounts to plain text.  &quot;O'er the net we
    go/Caching all the way;/O what fun it is to surf/Giving my password
    away!&quot;
   </LI>
   <LI>Since HTTP is stateless, information about the authentication is
    transmitted <EM>each and every time</EM> a request is made to the
    server.  Essentially, the client caches it after the first
    successful access, and transmits it without asking for all
    subsequent requests to the same server.
   </LI>
   <LI>It's relatively trivial for someone on your system to put up a
    page that will steal the cached password from a client's cache
    without them knowing.  Can you say &quot;password grabber&quot;?
   </LI>
  </UL>
  <P>
  If you still want to do this in light of the above disadvantages, the
  method is left as an exercise for the reader.  It'll void your Apache
  warranty, though, and you'll lose all accumulated UNIX guru points.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>
</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 






  <H3>H. URL Rewriting</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-more-config">
      <STRONG>Where can I find mod_rewrite rulesets which already solve
      particular URL-related problems?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  There is a collection of 
  <A HREF="http://www.engelschall.com/pw/apache/rewriteguide/"
  >Practical Solutions for URL-Manipulation</A>
  where you can
  find all typical solutions the author of 
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_rewrite.html"><SAMP>mod_rewrite</SAMP></A> 
  currently knows of. If you have more
  interesting rulesets which solve particular problems not currently covered in
  this document, send it to 
  <A HREF="mailto:rse@apache.org">Ralf S. Engelschall</A>
  for inclusion. The
  other webmasters will thank you for avoiding the reinvention of the wheel.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-article">
      <STRONG>Where can I find any published information about
      URL-manipulations and mod_rewrite?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  There is an article from 
  <A HREF="mailto:rse@apache.org"
  >Ralf S. Engelschall</A>
  about URL-manipulations based on
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_rewrite.html"><SAMP>mod_rewrite</SAMP></A> 
  in the &quot;iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin&quot; issue #12/96. The
  german (original) version
  can be read online at 
  &lt;<A HREF="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/9612149/"
      >http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/9612149/</A>&gt;,
  the English (translated) version can be found at 
  &lt;<A HREF="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/E/9612149/"
      >http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/E/9612149/</A>&gt;.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-complexity">
      <STRONG>Why is mod_rewrite so difficult to learn and seems so
      complicated?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Hmmm... there are a lot of reasons. First, mod_rewrite itself is a powerful
  module which can help you in really <STRONG>all</STRONG> aspects of URL
  rewriting, so it can be no trivial module per definition. To accomplish
  its hard job it uses software leverage and makes use of a powerful regular
  expression
  library by Henry Spencer which is an integral part of Apache since its
  version 1.2.  And regular expressions itself can be difficult to newbies,
  while providing the most flexible power to the advanced hacker. 
  </P>
  <P>
  On the other hand mod_rewrite has to work inside the Apache API environment
  and needs to do some tricks to fit there. For instance the Apache API as of
  1.x really was not designed for URL rewriting at the <TT>.htaccess</TT>
  level of processing. Or the problem of multiple rewrites in sequence, which
  is also not handled by the API per design. To provide this features
  mod_rewrite has to do some special (but API compliant!) handling which leads
  to difficult processing inside the Apache kernel. While the user usually
  doesn't see anything of this processing, it can be difficult to find
  problems when some of your RewriteRules seem not to work.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-dontwork">
      <STRONG>What can I do if my RewriteRules don't work as expected?
      </STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Use &quot;<SAMP>RewriteLog somefile</SAMP>&quot; and
  &quot;<SAMP>RewriteLogLevel 9</SAMP>&quot; and have a precise look at the
  steps the rewriting engine performs. This is really the only one and best
  way to debug your rewriting configuration.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-prefixdocroot"><STRONG>Why don't some of my URLs
      get prefixed with DocumentRoot when using mod_rewrite?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  If the rule starts with <SAMP>/somedir/...</SAMP> make sure that
  really no <SAMP>/somedir</SAMP> exists on the filesystem if you
  don't want to lead the URL to match this directory, <EM>i.e.</EM>,
  there must be no root directory named <SAMP>somedir</SAMP> on the
  filesystem. Because if there is such a directory, the URL will not
  get prefixed with DocumentRoot. This behaviour looks ugly, but is
  really important for some other aspects of URL rewriting.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-nocase">
      <STRONG>How can I make all my URLs case-insensitive with mod_rewrite?
      </STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  You can't! The reason is: First, case translations for arbitrary
  length URLs cannot be done <EM>via</EM> regex patterns and
  corresponding substitutions.  One need a per-character pattern like
  sed/Perl <SAMP>tr|..|..|</SAMP> feature.  Second, just making URLs
  always upper or lower case will not resolve the complete problem of
  case-INSENSITIVE URLs, because actually the URLs had to be rewritten
  to the correct case-variant residing on the filesystem because in
  later processing Apache needs to access the file.  And Unix
  filesystem is always case-SENSITIVE.
  </P>
  <P>
  But there is a module named <CODE>mod_speling.c</CODE> (yes, it is named
  this way!) out there on the net. Try this one.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-virthost">
      <STRONG> Why are RewriteRules in my VirtualHost parts ignored?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Because you have to enable the engine for every virtual host explicitly due
  to security concerns. Just add a &quot;RewriteEngine on&quot; to your
  virtual host configuration parts.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="rewrite-envwhitespace">
      <STRONG> How can I use strings with whitespaces in RewriteRule's ENV
      flag?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  There is only one ugly solution: You have to surround the complete
  flag argument by quotation marks (<SAMP>"[E=...]"</SAMP>). Notice:
  The argument to quote here is not the argument to the E-flag, it is
  the argument of the Apache config file parser, <EM>i.e.</EM>, the
  third argument of the RewriteRule here.  So you have to write
  <SAMP>"[E=any text with whitespaces]"</SAMP>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

</OL>




 
 
 
  
  
 






  <H3>I. Features</H3>
<OL>

 <LI><A NAME="proxy">
      <STRONG>Does or will Apache act as a Proxy server?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Apache version 1.1 and above comes with a
  <A HREF="../mod/mod_proxy.html">proxy module</A>.
  If compiled in, this will make Apache act as a caching-proxy server.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="multiviews">
      <STRONG>What are &quot;multiviews&quot;?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  &quot;Multiviews&quot; is the general name given to the Apache
  server's ability to provide language-specific document variants in
  response to a request.  This is documented quite thoroughly in the
  <A HREF="../content-negotiation.html" REL="Help">content negotiation</A>
  description page.  In addition, <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> carried an
  article on this subject entitled
  &quot;<A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/negotiation" REL="Help"
        ><CITE>Content Negotiation Explained</CITE></A>&quot;.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="putsupport">
      <STRONG>Why can't I publish to my Apache server using PUT on
      Netscape Gold and other programs?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  Because you need to install and configure a script to handle
  the uploaded files.  This script is often called a &quot;PUT&quot; handler.
  There are several available, but they may have security problems.
  Using FTP uploads may be easier and more secure, at least for now.
  For more information, see the <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> article
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/put"
  ><CITE>Publishing Pages with PUT</CITE></A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="SSL-i">
      <STRONG>Why doesn't Apache include SSL?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  SSL (Secure Socket Layer) data transport requires encryption, and many
  governments have restrictions upon the import, export, and use of
  encryption technology.  If Apache included SSL in the base package,
  its distribution would involve all sorts of legal and bureaucratic
  issues, and it would no longer be freely available.  Also, some of
  the technology required to talk to current clients using SSL is
  patented by <A HREF="http://www.rsa.com/">RSA Data Security</A>,
  who restricts its use without a license.
  </P>
  <P>
  Some SSL implementations of Apache are available, however; see the
  &quot;<A HREF="http://www.apache.org/related_projects.html"
        >related projects</A>&quot;
  page at the main Apache web site.
  </P>
  <P>
  You can find out more about this topic in the <CITE>Apache Week</CITE>
  article about
  <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/ssl" REL="Help"
  ><CITE>Apache and Secure Transactions</CITE></A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>
 <LI><A NAME="footer">
      <STRONG>How can I attach a footer to my documents
        without using SSI?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>
  You can make arbitrary changes to static documents by configuring an
  <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_actions.html#action">
  Action</A> which launches a CGI script.  The CGI is then
  responsible for setting a content-type and delivering the requested
  document (the location of which is passed in the
  <SAMP>PATH_TRANSLATED</SAMP> environment variable), along with
  whatever footer is needed.
  </P>
  <P>
  Busy sites may not want to run a CGI script on every request, and
  should consider using an Apache module to add the footer.  There are
  several third party modules available through the <A
  HREF="http://modules.apache.org/">Apache Module Registry</A> which
  will add footers to documents.  These include mod_trailer, PHP
  (<SAMP>php3_auto_append_file</SAMP>), mod_layout, and mod_perl
  (<SAMP>Apache::Sandwich</SAMP>).
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>
 <LI><A NAME="search">
      <STRONG>Does Apache include a search engine?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>Apache does not include a search engine, but there are many good
  commercial and free search engines which can be used easily with
  Apache.  Some of them are listed on the <A
  HREF="http://www.searchtools.com/tools/tools.html">Web Site Search
  Tools</A> page.  Open source search engines that are often used with
  Apache include <A HREF="http://www.htdig.org/">ht://Dig</A> and <A
  HREF="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/SWISH-E/">SWISH-E</A>.
  </P>
  <HR>
 </LI>
 <LI><A NAME="rotate">
      <STRONG>How can I rotate my log files?</STRONG>
     </A>
  <P>The simple answer: by piping the transfer log into an appropriate
  log file rotation utility.</P>
  <P>The longer answer: In the src/support/ directory, you will find a
  utility called <CODE>rotatelogs</CODE> which can be used like this:<PRE>
   TransferLog "|/path/to/rotatelogs /path/to/logs/access_log 86400"
  </PRE> to enable daily rotation of the log files.<BR>
  A more sophisticated solution of a logfile rotation utility is
  available under the name <CODE>cronolog</CODE> from Andrew Ford's site at
  <A HREF="http://www.ford-mason.co.uk/resources/cronolog/"
  >http://www.ford-mason.co.uk/resources/cronolog/</A>. It can automatically
  create logfile subdirectories based on time and date, and can have a
  constant symlink point to the rotating logfiles. (As of version 1.6.1,
  cronolog is available under the <A HREF="../LICENSE">Apache License</A>).
  Use it like this:<PRE>
   CustomLog "|/path/to/cronolog --symlink=/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log /usr/local/apache/logs/%Y/%m/access_log" combined
  </PRE></P>
  <HR>
 </LI>
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