Bug#512344: apache2: Default vhost isn't default vhost

[Jesse Molina <jesse@opendreams.net>]

Package: apache2.2-common
Version: 2.2.11-2
Severity: normal


Hi

The first vhost found in a system is the default vhost that will be used if nothing else matches.  However, given the current apache2.conf file, the "default" is not the default at all.


user@host-->grep -v "^#.*" apache2.conf | grep -i include
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf
Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

If something is in the httpd.conf file, that will be the default, but per the apparent directory structure, it's supposed to be in the sites-enabled directory.  There was even an attempt to make the default load first by prepending zeros to the symlink file.  The problem is that this Include directory is LAST in order, instead of first.

I would recomend that the default apache2.conf file be ordered like so;

Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf
Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/

Note that I moved the ports.conf file too, just on personal opinion about how I use it.



-- Package-specific info:
List of enabled modules from 'apache2 -M':
  alias auth_basic auth_pam authn_file authz_default authz_groupfile
  authz_host authz_user autoindex cgi deflate dir env mime
  negotiation php5 setenvif status

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.11-sor-2007121501 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apache2 depends on:
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork           2.2.11-2   Apache HTTP Server - traditional n

apache2 recommends no packages.

apache2 suggests no packages.

Versions of packages apache2.2-common depends on:
ii  apache2-utils          2.2.11-2          utility programs for webservers
ii  libapr1                1.2.12-5          The Apache Portable Runtime Librar
ii  libaprutil1            1.2.12+dfsg-8     The Apache Portable Runtime Utilit
ii  libc6                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libmagic1              4.26-2            File type determination library us
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8g-15         SSL shared libraries
ii  libuuid1               1.41.3-1          universally unique id library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-20            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mime-support           3.44-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  net-tools              1.60-22           The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  perl                   5.10.0-19         Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  procps                 1:3.2.7-11        /proc file system utilities
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

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