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Date:      Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:38:57 -0400
From:      Mark Thomas <thomas@pbegames.com>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Apache 1.3.26 port
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20020620073651.02008090@pbegames.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020620113115.GA73571@starjuice.net>
References:  <200206200658470001.031DD337@mail.speakeasy.net> <B9364A85.2B69%jd@epylon.com> <200206200658470001.031DD337@mail.speakeasy.net>

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At 01:31 PM 6/20/02 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>Is it because people are replacing the contents of data.default with
>their own content and leaving the symlink in place?
>
>If so, then the problem has to do with the fact that folks aren't using
>the symlinks and .defaults directories as intended.  I think the
>intention was always for the operator to replace the symlink with either
>a directory or a symlink to the directory containing local content.

OK, where exactly are these symlinks supposed to be? I upgraded 3 servers 
last night with no issues (though in 2/3 cases I had non-standard locations 
for data and cgi-bin directories). I just reviewed the apache13 port tree 
and didn't see anything resembling the data.default symlink mentioned.


Mark Thomas
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