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authorJoshua Slive <slive@apache.org>2004-03-25 20:16:24 +0100
committerJoshua Slive <slive@apache.org>2004-03-25 20:16:24 +0100
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parent* server/core.c (core_output_filter): Tag the deferred_write pool. (diff)
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Intergrate Kess' configure docs in the docs tree and,
in particular, integrate them into install.xml by removing large chunks of that document and making it a summary with pointers into configure.xml. (I also snuck in the odd fix to both install.xml and configure.xml. Sorry for the mix.) git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@103154 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
particular platform. Various options allow the compilation of a
server corresponding to your personal requirements.</p>
- <p>This script, included in the root directory of the distribution,
- is for compilation on Unix and Unix-like systems only. For other
- platforms, see the <a href="../platform/">platform</a>
- documentation.</p>
+ <p>This script, included in the root directory of the source
+ distribution, is for compilation on Unix and Unix-like systems
+ only. For other platforms, see the <a
+ href="../platform/">platform</a> documentation.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><a href="../install.html">Compiling and Installing</a></seealso>
@@ -795,12 +795,14 @@
libraries integrated. Otherwise the support binaries are linked
dynamically by default.</dd>
- <dt><code>--enable-suexec</code></dt>
+ <dt><code>--enable-suexec</code></dt>
<dd>Use this option to enable <code><a
- href="suexec.html">suexec</a></code>, which allows you to set uid
- and gid for spawned processes. Further options to configure
- <code>suexec</code> are described <a href="#suexec">below</a>.</dd>
- </dl>
+ href="suexec.html">suexec</a></code>, which allows you to set
+ uid and gid for spawned processes. <strong>Do not use this
+ option unless you understand all the security implications of
+ running a suid binary on your server.</strong> Further options
+ to configure <code>suexec</code> are described <a
+ href="#suexec">below</a>.</dd> </dl>
<p>It is possible to create a statically linked binary of a single
support program by using the following options:</p>