Differences between Apache 1.3 family vs. 2.0 family

rushenas · 11-06-2007, 01:50 AM

Hi all
Can somebody tell me, what is the differences between Apache 1.3 family vs. 2.0 family? I've seen that both version are available at apache website, but I don't know which one is better for my job. I need Apache uses mod_rewrite, basic authentication via browser, also supports PHP 5+. I have downloaded the latest 2.0 family version, but after compiling it, looks like that it doesn't support mod_rewrite. Does downgrading to 1.3 family solve my problem? Does 1.3 support PHP 5+, basic authentication, and mod_rewrite? What is the differences between Apache 1.3 family vs. 2.0 family?

gilead · 11-06-2007, 05:16 AM

Apache 2.0 does support mod_rewrite. There's info on the differences between 1.3 and 2.0 at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/new_features_2_0.html and http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/upgrading.html. Were you getting errors when you tried to re-write URLs?

rushenas · 11-06-2007, 06:35 AM

I can't see mod_rewrite.so file in /usr/local/apache/modules. But I use Apache 1.3, and I find the file in /usr/local/apacheold/libexec.
By the way, I am using Open SUSE 10.2, and my configure command for Apache 2 is : ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-module=so --enable-module=rewrite --enable-module=proxy --enable-shared=rewrite

gilead · 11-06-2007, 12:47 PM

I think it's just a syntax difference for the configure command. For Apache 2.0, running ./configure --help lists --enable-modules=MODULE-LIST as one of the options (not --enable-module=MODULE-LIST as you have listed). However, re-write also gets its own configure option, so I use the following:

Code:

./configure --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --enable-rule=SHARED_CORE --enable-so --enable-ssl --enable-rewrite --with-ssl=/usr/include

Hope that helps

rushenas · 11-07-2007, 01:26 AM

Hi Steve
Thank you for your help, but unfortunately it still doesn't work. I can't find mod_rewrite.so under modules directory, also there is not any entry for mod_rewrite in httpd.conf file.

gilead · 11-07-2007, 03:45 AM

I don't have a mod_write.so in my modules directory either, but I have the following in my virtual hosts entries:

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)
RewriteRule .* - [F]

It disables the trace method - when I comment it out, tracing works, when it's not commented out, tracing is denied. So it seems that the functionality is built in somewhere else, but it works as long as --enable-rewrite is selected when configuring.
P.S. The preferred way to disable tracing is with TraceEnable - that's an old piece of code I've shown

gilead · 11-07-2007, 04:09 AM

To see which modules have been compiled in with Apache 2.0, try running apachectl -l (lower case "L"). I get the following:

Code:

Compiled in modules:
  core.c
  mod_access.c
  mod_auth.c
  mod_include.c
  mod_log_config.c
  mod_env.c
  mod_setenvif.c
  mod_ssl.c
  prefork.c
  http_core.c
  mod_mime.c
  mod_status.c
  mod_autoindex.c
  mod_asis.c
  mod_cgi.c
  mod_negotiation.c
  mod_dir.c
  mod_imap.c
  mod_actions.c
  mod_userdir.c
  mod_alias.c
  mod_rewrite.c
  mod_so.c