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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Apache server setup
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:21:10
Message-Id: CAEH5T2MWeFEtr7AShwDh637aVjRTjxKy2T_1hUeGQ7n678KmwQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Apache server setup by Peter Humphrey
1 On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Peter Humphrey
2 <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote:
3 > Hi List,
4 >
5 > Is there a guide to setting up an Apache server on a Gentoo system? I'm
6 > having difficulty getting the SSI module started; also the top-level
7 > .htaccess file that comes from the production server Out There throws an
8 > error on my local LAN server: "/home/prh/public_html/.htaccess: Options
9 > not allowed here".
10 >
11 > I run a website whose pages all have the same menu bar below the title,
12 > so to simplify maintenance of the 130 pages I've extracted that bit of
13 > HTML into an included page. This works fine on the production server but
14 > not on the local server.
15 >
16 > Of course there's lots of documentation of Apache on their site, but the
17 > config on Gentoo differs from the standard and I find the Gentoo docs
18 > unhelpful - they seem to assume a good working knowlege of Apache and
19 > just show the differences from other setups.
20
21 What version are you on? Are both servers running the same version?
22 Apache 2.4 had some dramatic changes to module names and some
23 configuration names were changed, it caused my previously-working-fine
24 2.2 to stop working. I haven't had time to go through it all yet, so
25 for now I've masked it and gone back to 2.2. See here for the upgrade
26 guide: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html
27
28 The most confusing/frustrating thing with Apache and trying to Google
29 for information is that the configuration changes so much from one
30 version to another, and often times the article doesn't mention which
31 specific version they are talking about (I still encounter a lot of
32 tutorials from Apache 1.x). There are also differences depending on
33 whether you're using virtual hosts or not, chroots, distro-specific
34 stuff like webapp-config.
35
36 If you want help with the specific error I would suggest posting the
37 contents of the .htaccess file and which version of Apache you're
38 using.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Apache server setup Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>