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RobertoBech 06-30-2007 01:45 PM
ServerRoot on /usr: why?
 
Why does slackware sets the ServerRoot in httpd.conf to /usr, unlike most distros that set it to /etc?

I'm just curious, since most logs reside in /var and most configs in /etc.

Nylex 06-30-2007 02:03 PM
Isn't ServerRoot the root directory of your web server? It's not a config file, so why should it go in /etc?

Tux-Slack 06-30-2007 03:26 PM
ServerRoot is where the http daemon is, the executable, not the config, logs or DocumentRoot

Tinkster 06-30-2007 03:30 PM
Actually (according to apache's documentation):
Quote:
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
in which case both slacks *and* e.g. debians definition would
be wrong ... oh well.


Cheers,
Tink

msantinho 06-30-2007 05:28 PM
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod...tml#serverroot
Quote:
ServerRoot directive
Syntax: ServerRoot directory-path
Default: ServerRoot /usr/local/apache
Context: server config
Status: core

The ServerRoot directive sets the directory in which the server lives. Typically it will contain the subdirectories conf/ and logs/. Relative paths for other configuration files are taken as relative to this directory.


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