Gentoo Archives: gentoo-web-user

From: matt wilbert <matt.wilbert@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-web-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-web-user] using portage to build mod_fastcgi with apache2
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:43:49
Message-Id: a08ca3760601051442kcaf41b9y218a59d372d34c27@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-web-user] using portage to build mod_fastcgi with apache2 by Dave Strydom
1 Sorry I didn't answer this earlier; I got behind on my mail.
2
3 The reason I am using fastcgi is that it allows a persistent server process
4 and also passes Apache authentication information via REMOTE_USER. I'm
5 using Apache to authenticate using mod_auth_kerb, and then passing the
6 username to applications that want a username but can't deal with kerberos.
7
8 Matt
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10 On 11/1/05, Dave Strydom <strydom.dave@×××××.com> wrote:
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12 > just out of interest, what is the benefits of using fastcgi ?
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16 > On 10/31/05, matt wilbert <matt.wilbert@×××××.com > wrote:
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18 > > That was it. I probably should have been able to figure that out, but I
19 > > didn't.
20 > >
21 > > Thanks a lot,
22 > >
23 > > Matt Wilbert
24 > >
25 > > On 10/30/05, kloeri@g.o <kloeri@g.o> wrote:
26 > > >
27 > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 06:11:00PM -0500, matt wilbert wrote:
28 > > > > Hi,
29 > > > >
30 > > > > I have apache2 built via portage and running on an Opteron-based
31 > > > Gentoo
32 > > > > 2.6.11 system.
33 > > > >
34 > > > > I want to use mod_fastcgi to run an application behind Apache2.
35 > > > However,
36 > > > > when I emerge --pretend mod_fastcgi, portage says it wants to build
37 > > > Apache
38 > > > > 1.3 as part of the process. I find it hard to believe this is what I
39 > > > want.
40 > > > > Am I wrong? If not, how can I make portage do what I want?
41 > > > >
42 > > > > Thank you,
43 > > > >
44 > > > > Matt Wilbert
45 > > > Make sure you have USE=apache2 enabled.
46 > > >
47 > > > Regards,
48 > > > Bryan Østergaard
49 > > > --
50 > > > gentoo-web-user@g.o mailing list
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