Is Mandrake 8.1 ok for serving apache?

[jacelalin]

hi

im just tring to host a tiny website using mandrake 8.1 and the apache verson that came with it.

is 8.1 ok? an apache too? i mean.. its not deadly to use it is it?

also.. um anyone kow know to start apache from the CLI mandake? my gnome gui doesnt work and i dnt kow where apache i mongst all those subdirs...

thx

[dylunio]

I start it with

httpd -k start

but it could also be

apachectl start

See how that goes;

dylunio

[jacelalin]

ok neither of them worked..

but i am running those command sin the user's home directory (not running them as admin login)

maybe i need to run them in the apace home directory? wherever that is..... -.- i might give a shot with a find command....

[dylunio]

try the commands as root with

su -
[rootpassword]
apachectl start

or

su - 
[rootpassword]
httpd -k start

dylunio

[jacelalin]

hehe thanks dylunio!

the apachect1 command didnt work but httpd -k start showed that httpd was a command it recognised. Some questions :-

1) Whats the difference between the apachetc1 and httpd command?

2) For some reason, my httpd command doesn't list -k as a valid option.. Maybe this is because my version of apache is old?...

3) why can apache only be run as root..... i guess htis is the default setting - after all, it is a server program. i bet we can set apache to run from user?

well, ill go google for how to run httpd or the steps on how to get the apache webpage up on screen. thanks!

[dylunio]

1) I think on some systems apachectl envokes httpd into action, while on other systems you just start httpd directly.

2) the -k option works with apache 2.0 on suse, but I'd have thought drake 8.1 would have come with an erlier version of of apache (1.3 me thinks).

3) It runs as root for sequirity reasons, since if your user was hacked, the hacker would be able to controle when apache starts etc.

You could make apache load at boot by putting the starting command in your /etc/init.d/rc3.d folder/file.

dylunio