Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/34863: port apache13-fp broken Message-ID: <200202130540.g1D5e2Z01127@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
To: "FreeBSD-GNATS" <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG>,
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Subject: Re: ports/34863: port apache13-fp broken
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:31:00 -0600
> In general the following 7 problems are totaly due to very poor testing by
the port maintainer.
>
> 1. The frontpage security patch which was just added in the last 3 days is
generating this error
> message in the > httpd-error.log. The key file
/usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/apache-fp/suidkey
> does not exist in frontpage(). Frontpage security patch is disabled.
>
This is caused by not using the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh script to
start the apache-fp server. The script re-creates the suidkey each time it
is run. This adds to the security of the FP Exts, as the key is changed each
time the server is restarted.
> 2. After the install is completed (ie before problem #1 came into play)
the frontpage extentions
> are not active, and can not be activated unless the if statments before
and after the dso
> loadmodule statment for the frontpage-module are commented out in
httpd.conf.
>
Again, the use of the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh script uses:
apachectl start_FP
Which the apachectl program converts to -DMOD_FP, when starting the apache
server.
> 3. The fp-install.sh script will not install frontpage extentions unless
the two httpd-conf
> allowoverride none statments are changed to allowoverride all before the
fp-install.sh
> script is run.
>
The installed httpd.conf file already has the AllowOverride Directive
changed to "AuthConfig Limit Indexes Options" for the PREFIX/www/data
directory. The fp_install.sh script has no problems with the httpd.conf
file. If you have a httpd.conf file installed from one of the other apache
ports, then the script will fail.
> 4. The fp-install.sh script asks for the frontpage adminstrators id and
defaults to fpadmin.
> Script will not accept any value typed in. Can not change the default from
fpadmin.
>
The script does accept other values for the frontpage administrator:
:
Installing the root web...
Server config filename: [/usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf]
FrontPage Administrator's user name: [fpadmin] newuser
Getting User from /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
Unix user name of the owner of this new web: [www]
:
#cat /usr/local/www/data/_vti_pvt/services.grp
# -FrontPage-
administrators: newuser
authors:
> 5. Two files are defined in the httpd.conf file but not allocated and
cause apache not to start.
> /usr/local/etc/apache/mine.types
> /usr/local/etc/apache/magic
>
I came across this problem today, I'll have to find out why
mime.types.default & magic.default are not being copied to these two files.
> 6. The frontpage web server extentions web site that allows the frontpage
adminstrator to use a
> web browser to control and change the frontpage enviornment is not
configurated into httpd.conf
> file. You can see it at /usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/admin
>
The "Site Administration Pages"
(http://servername/_vti_bin/_vti_adm/fpadmcgi.exe) are active when the
apache13-fp port is installed, the only thing that is not activated is the
"Server Administration Pages" (http://servername:port/fpadmcgi.exe [port >
1023]). These pages require the server admin to run the owsadm.exe to setup
access to these pages.
> 7. All frontpage user defined web sites show up as a directory tree when
viewed from a web
> browser instead of just the web content.
>
I can't reproduce this problem.
So the only problem I see with the apache13-fp/frontpage ports is problem 5
mime.types and magic not being installed, and a feature request to add
support for the "Server Administration Pages" in problem 6.
For the feature request, I'll have to fix the fp_install.sh script
(frontpage port) to setup the "Server Administration Pages" and to add a
virtual host entry to httpd.conf (apache13-fp port).
Scot
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