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author | Bob Beck <beck@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-12-15 22:18:43 +0000 |
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committer | Bob Beck <beck@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-12-15 22:18:43 +0000 |
commit | eac93d7ea2b0be162ac7484c51dac808cc2493f0 (patch) | |
tree | 9c0b7818b8a966fe0c35f352957e60837ee1c1cc /usr.sbin/httpd/htdocs/manual/vhosts/mass.html | |
parent | 62b2dc3d6a63b189fff9c8dd45936718011a8b7c (diff) |
apache 1.3.14 + mod_ssl 2.7.1 merge
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/httpd/htdocs/manual/vhosts/mass.html b/usr.sbin/httpd/htdocs/manual/vhosts/mass.html index 364293b9804..6274b75bf03 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/httpd/htdocs/manual/vhosts/mass.html +++ b/usr.sbin/httpd/htdocs/manual/vhosts/mass.html @@ -128,13 +128,15 @@ instead.</P> <P>The other thing to `fake' is the document root (configured with <CODE>DocumentRoot</CODE> and available to CGIs via the -<CODE>DOCUMENT_ROOT</CODE> environment variable). This setting -is used by the core module when mapping URIs to filenames, but -when the server is configured to do dynamic virtual hosting that -job is taken over by another module. If any CGIs or SSI documents -make use of the <CODE>DOCUMENT_ROOT</CODE> environment variable -they will therefore get a misleading value; there isn't any way to -change <CODE>DOCUMENT_ROOT</CODE> dynamically.</P> +<CODE>DOCUMENT_ROOT</CODE> environment variable). In a normal +configuration this setting is used by the core module when mapping +URIs to filenames, but when the server is configured to do dynamic +virtual hosting that job is taken over by another module (either +<CODE>mod_vhost_alias</CODE> or <CODE>mod_rewrite</CODE>) which has +a different way of doing the mapping. Neither of these modules is +responsible for setting the <CODE>DOCUMENT_ROOT</CODE> environment +variable so if any CGIs or SSI documents make use of it they will +get a misleading value.</P> <HR><H2><A NAME="simple">Simple dynamic virtual hosts</A></H2> |