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329 lines
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.TH HTTPD.CONF 5
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.SH NAME
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httpd.conf httpd.mtype \- configuration files for the Minix httpd web server
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /etc/httpd.conf
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.B /etc/httpd.mtype
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B /etc/httpd.conf
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is the configuration file for the Minix httpd web server written by
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Michael Temari. A sample version is included with the distribution
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archive and is unpacked in the source directory (normally
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.BI /usr/local/src/httpdxxx).
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Also provided is an example
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.B httpd.mtype
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file. This is an extension of the main configuration file which is normally
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included when the main file is read.
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.P
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The makefile does not install
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.B httpd.conf
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and
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.B httpd.mtype
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automatically. The sample files included in the distribution are only
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examples, you must copy it and edit them for the needs of your own
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installation.
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.SH CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT
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.B httpd.conf
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is an ascii file which consists of lines of the following form:
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.P
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.B directive LWS [parameters separated by LWS]
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.br
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NOTE: LWS denotes Linear White Space which is spaces and/or tabs
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.SH CONFIGURATION FILE DIRECTIVES
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The following are valid configuration file directives (listed in the order
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they appear in the sample
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.B httpd.conf
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file provided in the distribution):
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.P
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.B serverroot user chroot logfile dbgfile dirsend direxec vhost auth
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.B proxyauth vpath include mtype
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.P
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To make the file more readable, for directives which occupy multiple
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lines you may eliminate the directive on lines after the first and begin
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these lines with LWS.
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.SH DESCRIPTIONS OF DIRECTIVES
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.P
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.B serverroot path
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The
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.B serverroot
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directive sets the translation for
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.B //
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to the given
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.B path.
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.B user username
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The
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.B user
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directive causes the server to run as the given
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.B username
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otherwise the server will run as whoever started it (normally root).
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.B chroot directory
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The
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.B chroot
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directive causes the server to chroot to the given directory after
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the configuration and log files have been opened. Normally this will be the
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home directory of the given username in the user directive.
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.br
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NOTE:
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.B /~user
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will be translated to the home directory of
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.B user.
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.br
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NOTE:
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.B //
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will be translated to the serverroot directory.
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.br
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NOTE: if this directive is used then beware of the consequences.
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.B logfile filename
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The
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.B logfile
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directive tells the server where to log http transactions.
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.br
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NOTE: the log file must exist to enable logging.
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.B dbgfile filename
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The
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.B dbgfile
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directive tells the server where to log debugging of http transactions.
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.br
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NOTE: the debug log file must exist to enable debug logging.
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.B dirsend filelist
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The
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.B dirsend
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directive tells the server that when a directory is requested
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that it should send the first file that it finds in the directory from the
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.B filelist
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for the request.
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.B direxec program
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The
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.B direxec
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directive tells the server that when a directory is requested
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and no file is found from the
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.B dirsend
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directive that it should run the given
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.B program.
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.br
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NOTE: the program normally generates a directory listing on the fly using
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the
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.B dir2html
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program.
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.br
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NOTE: the program access is considered
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.B X
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with no access restrictions.
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.B vhost hostname vhostroot
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The
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.B vhost
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directive is for defining access for virtual hosts. If none are configured
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then any host is accepted. If specified then access is only granted for
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requests for hosts which are configured here. In the
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.B vpath
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section below the
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.B ///
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gets translated to the corresponding
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.B vhostroot.
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.B auth authname authdescription access [passwdfile [users]]
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The
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.B auth
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directive sets up different authorizations with the server. The
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.B authname
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is the name given to the authorization and is case insensitive.
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The
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.B authdescription
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is the description of the authorization and is what
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the user will see when asked to enter a username and password. The
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access is one or more of
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.B (RWX).
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.B R
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tells the server the URL can be read.
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.B W
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tells the server the URL can be overwritten.
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.B X
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tells the server
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that the URL can and should be executed. Access is in addition to normal
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Unix security considerations. For instance a file that can be written to
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that does not have the
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.B W
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access will have an error returned. The
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.B passwdfile
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is the name of the password file to validate users against. If
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.B passwdfile
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is given as
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.B '.'
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then the system password file
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.B (/etc/passwd)
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will be used. If no
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.B passwdfile
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is given then no authorization is allowed for anyone. If no
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.B users
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are given then any validated user is authorized, otherwise only the given
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.B users
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are allowed.
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.B proxyauth authname authdescription access [passwdfile [users]]
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The
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.B proxyauth
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directive defines access authorization to be used for Proxy access.
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.br
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.B authname
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= Same as auth above
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.br
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.B authdescription
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= Same as auth above
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.br
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.B access
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= Must be R to allow proxy
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.br
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.B passwdfile
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= Same as auth above
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.br
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.B users
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= Same as auth above
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.B vpath from to [auth [access]]
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The
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.B vpath
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directive sets up URL path translations and authorizations. A
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requested URL that matches
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.B from
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will be translated to
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.B to
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with the given
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.B auth
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and
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.B access.
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If
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.B auth
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does not exist then the URL will have no
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.B access.
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If
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.B access
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is not given then the access is taken from the
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.B auth
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record (see above). A
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.B '.'
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in place of the
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.B to
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means that the server should use a translation from another
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.B vpath
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record, but associate the given
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.B auth
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and access with the requested URL. A
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.B '*'
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may be at the end only of the
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.B from
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to provide a wildcard match. For example if the
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.B from
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has
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.B /AB*
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then any of
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.B /ABCDEF
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or
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.B /AB
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or
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.B /ABmichael
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will match, but
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.B /AD or
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.B /a
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will not. The requested URL is first checked against each
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.B vpath
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record until an exact match (meaning URL match
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.B from
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and
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.B from
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had no
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.B '*')
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is found or the end of the list. Therefore a wildcard match will match
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the last
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.B from in the list in which it matched.
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.br
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NOTE: if at the beginning of the to field
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.br
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/~user will get translated to the home directory of the given user
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.br
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// wile get translated to the serverroot directory
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.B include filename
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The
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.B include
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directive tells the server to read configuration information
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from the given filename.
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.br
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NOTE: normally you get
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.B mtype
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directives in an included file.
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.B mtype mimetype extensions
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The
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.B mtype
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directive tells the server what
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.B mimetype
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to associate with files which have any of the given
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.B extensions.
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If no match is found then the file will be treated as
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.B application/octet-stream.
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.SH FILES
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.B /etc/httpd.conf
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.B /etc/httpd.mtype
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.B /etc/passwd
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR httpd (8)
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.BR http_status (5)
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.SH NOTES
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The source directory contains a commented sample
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.B httpd.conf
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and
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.B httpd.mtype
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files
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P.
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You can run the server as
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.B httpd -t /etc/httpd.conf
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to see whether the configuration file is being parsed correctly.
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.P
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Although standard Minix does not have a graphical interface to support
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browsers such as Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer, the
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.B lynx
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browser can be used on 32-bit Minix systems with enough memory. You can point
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lynx to your own site to browse your own pages.
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When debugging a web server there is nothing quite like browsing your own
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pages to see whether things are working right. That said, be aware that
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different web browsers may vary in how they interpet standard web page
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features, and will certainly vary in how they interpret "extensions" to
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the HTML standards. So checking a page with several browsers on several
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platforms is always a good idea.
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.SH BUGS
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Not really a bug, but you can get in trouble if a real directory you want
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to access shares the first part of its name with a
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.B vpath
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definition. You just have to pay attention to the directory names you use.
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.SH AUTHOR
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The Minix httpd server was created by and is maintained by Michael Temari
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<Michael@TemWare.Com>
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.br
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This man page was compiled by Al Woodhull <awoodhull@hampshire.edu>
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updated 2003-07-06
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