Re: http daemon suggestion/proposal
>
> > From: Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>
> > Subject: Re: http daemon suggestion/proposal
> >
> > David H. Silber:
> > /var is for data that is likely to change during normal operation.
> > Installing new software is not normal operation.
>
> You are (at least partially) correct about the cgi-bin directory belonging
> under /usr. However, I was also thinking of the html documents. Those
> belong under /var (or perhaps /usr/local). Also, there needs to be a
> mechanism available which would allow for locally-written cgi scripts in
> addition to those distributed as part of packages -- perhaps
> /usr/local/cgi-bin or /usr/local/www/cgi-bin. (I think that Apache allows
> for multiple cgi directories.)
OK, so are we agreed that /cgi-bin and the default icons should go
under /usr? Since the sysadmin can add site-specific CGI and icons
under /usr/local. Anyway it's clear to me :)
I think WWW is like ftp: user-level dynamic database material. I think it
belongs under /home. Red Hat uses /home/httpd or something and I like
that approach.
I just hope we can come up with something that Everyone agrees with,
because right now I have 4 clients and several different locations for
everything: /etc/{httpd,apache,apache-httpd,cern-httpd}, document root
is in
{/usr/lib/{cern-httpd,apache,httpd},/var/{apache,cern,web},{/home/{web,www,html,http/html}}.
And I'm quite pissed about the situation. Since I need to support Red
Hat too, can we negotiate with them. If they won't budge on
/home/http..., then maybe we should adopt their approach for
compatibility?
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