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<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions</H1>
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- $Revision: 1.86 $ ($Date: 1997/08/02 21:57:40 $)
+ $Revision: 1.87 $ ($Date: 1997/08/25 16:13:15 $)
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The latest version of this FAQ is always available from the main
allow all files named "<SAMP>*.cgi</SAMP>" to be executable.
Perhaps all you want is to enable a particular file in a normal directory to
be executable. This can be alternatively accomplished
- via
+ <EM>via</EM>
<A
HREF="../mod/mod_rewrite.html"
><SAMP>mod_rewrite</SAMP></A>
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The canonical location for Apache's core-dump files is the
- <A
- HREF="../mod/core.html#serverroot"
- >ServerRoot</A>
- directory.
+ <A HREF="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</A>
+ directory. As of Apache version 1.3, the location can be set <EM>via</EM>
+ the
+ <A HREF="../mod/core.html#coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory</A>
+ directive to a different directory. Make sure that this directory is
+ writable by the user the server runs as (as opposed to the user the server
+ is <EM>started</EM> as).
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You can't! The reason is: First, case translations for arbitrary length URLs
- cannot be done via regex patterns and corresponding substitutions. One need
- a per-character pattern like sed/Perl <SAMP>tr|..|..|</SAMP> feature. Second, just
+ cannot be done <EM>via</EM> regex patterns and corresponding substitutions.
+ One need
+ a per-character pattern like sed/Perl <SAMP>tr|..|..|</SAMP> feature.
+ Second, just
making URLs always upper or lower case will not resolve the complete problem
of case-INSENSITIVE URLs, because actually the URLs had to be rewritten to
the correct case-variant residing on the filesystem because in later