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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptSock" id="ScriptSock">ScriptSock</a> <a name="scriptsock" id="scriptsock">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The name of the socket to use for communication with
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The filename prefix of the socket to use for communication with
the cgi daemon</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptSock <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptSock logs/cgisock</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cgid</td></tr>
</table>
- <p>This directive sets the name of the socket to use for
- communication with the CGI daemon. The socket will be opened
+ <p>This directive sets the filename prefix of the socket to use for
+ communication with the CGI daemon, an extension correspondening to
+ the process ID of the server will be appended. The socket will be opened
using the permissions of the user who starts Apache (usually
root). To maintain the security of communications with CGI
scripts, it is important that no other user has permission to
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ScriptSock</name>
-<description>The name of the socket to use for communication with
+<description>The filename prefix of the socket to use for communication with
the cgi daemon</description>
<syntax>ScriptSock <var>file-path</var></syntax>
<default>ScriptSock logs/cgisock</default>
<context>virtual host</context></contextlist>
<usage>
- <p>This directive sets the name of the socket to use for
- communication with the CGI daemon. The socket will be opened
+ <p>This directive sets the filename prefix of the socket to use for
+ communication with the CGI daemon, an extension correspondening to
+ the process ID of the server will be appended. The socket will be opened
using the permissions of the user who starts Apache (usually
root). To maintain the security of communications with CGI
scripts, it is important that no other user has permission to
<tr><td><a href="mod_cgi.html#scriptlogbuffer">ScriptLogBuffer <var>bytes</var></a></td><td> 1024 </td><td>sv</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">Maximum amount of PUT or POST requests that will be recorded
in the scriptlog</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_cgi.html#scriptloglength">ScriptLogLength <var>bytes</var></a></td><td> 10385760 </td><td>sv</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Size limit of the CGI script logfile</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="mod_cgid.html#scriptsock">ScriptSock <var>file-path</var></a></td><td> logs/cgisock </td><td>sv</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">The name of the socket to use for communication with
+<tr><td><a href="mod_cgid.html#scriptsock">ScriptSock <var>file-path</var></a></td><td> logs/cgisock </td><td>sv</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td class="descr" colspan="4">The filename prefix of the socket to use for communication with
the cgi daemon</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><a href="mod_nw_ssl.html#securelisten">SecureListen [<var>IP-address</var>:]<var>portnumber</var>
<var>Certificate-Name</var> [MUTUAL]</a></td><td></td><td>s</td><td>B</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="descr" colspan="4">Enables SSL encryption for the specified port</td></tr>