Re: Web Standards version 2.3
Bruce Perens wrote:
[...]
>
> |The system will maintain a directory /var/lib/auto-www/documents . Each
> WWW server must export this directory as "http://<hostname>/auto/".
> Data in this directory may be rewritten while the system is operating.
> The WWW server may write its own housekeeping files under this
> directory.
>
> |The system will maintain a directory /var/lib/auto-www/cgi-bin . Each WWW
> server must export this directory as "http://<hostname>/cgi-bin/auto/.
> Data in this directory may be rewritten while the system is
> operating. The WWW server may write its own housekeeping files under
> this directory.
>
> |The system will maintain a directory /usr/doc . This directory is
> restricted in that it may be on a read-only medium once packages have
> been installed. This is an appropriate place to install program
> documentation and examples that do not need to be re-written while the
> system is operating. Each WWW server must export this directory as
> |"http://<hostname>/auto/doc . The WWW server must treat this
> |as read-only space, and must not write files under this directory.
>
> |The system will maintain a directory /usr/lib/auto-www/cgi-bin. WWW
> servers must not directly export this directory. However, symbolic
> links may be created from /var/lib/auto-www/cgi-bin to
> /usr/lib/auto-www/cgi-bin to make CGI scripts available for the
> server to export. Packages may install these symbolic links
> automatically.
>
I've been reading the thread with interest, and now that things
are starting to settle down I still have two questions:
- Is there a simple method for the system administrator to make the doc-files
avaliable only for local users, instead of world-wide?
- Shouldn't that be a configuration-time option?
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Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
Dpto. Fisica Fundamental y Experimental http://www.dfis.ull.es
Univ. de La Laguna
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