From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 26 16:42:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA09687 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:42:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.aros.net ([205.164.111.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA09682 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:42:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from angio@localhost) by terra.aros.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA28950 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:42:15 -0700 From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199601270042.RAA28950@terra.aros.net> Subject: Re: Web server To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:42:14 -0700 (MST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Lo and behold, Anthony Hill once said: > I have used apache, and NCSA 4.0/4.1, both were easy to install and > setup, apache is in the ports collection, and NCSA installs with no The version of apache in the ports collection is 0.8.14. The latest version is 1.0 (with some patches), and it's much, much better. If you're going to install Apache, grab it from ftp.apache.org, it compiles cleanly on FreeBSD. > modifications. I used NCSA as a deamon and from inetd, but have only used > apache as a deamon - the docs recommend against using apache from inetd. > (Anyone know why ?) It has to read the configuration files, open any logfiles it has, then grab the port, etc, each time it gets hit under inetd. When running standalone, it opens the logs, and memorizes the config files. It's amazingly more efficient. Some people don't like the thought of letting it run standalone for security reasons, but it's a much happier server if you do. -Dave Andersen -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."