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Apache help - goboating or whomever! 1

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JennyW

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Mar 1, 2001
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Hi,

I downloaded Apache-1.3-docs.pdf.gz so I can begin testing forms.
I have questions.

1. I have Winzip. It says I can't open this file? What can I do? Winzip says I can use the Classic Version. Do I "Extract" it fromt there?

2. On the Apache website it says...
You should download the binary build of Apache for Windows named as apache_1_3_#-win32-with_src.msi if you are interested in the source code, or simply apache_1_3_#-win32-no_src.msi if you don't plan to do anything with the source code and appreciate a faster download.

Which one should I download (if any)? Why do I need a source code?

3. Will people be able to hack on to my PC more easily if I have Apache on it? Will my Apache be available for others to use?
I just want it for my own personal use.

I have so many questions, but I guess this is the place for it.

Thanks,
Jenny
 
get a different unzipper, or upgrade winzip. the file is in 'gzip'ed format. there are lots of unzippers that work with this format out there, check shareware sites. and just to make sure you know, that particular file is a pdf file - adobe acrobat reader format documents. you'll need to have that too(no worries, it's free).

the source code is a copy of the programming written to create a program, before it's compiled(not really an issue with perl, since it uses an interpreter and the files you write never need to be kept around as anything other than the source code). it might be fun to look around and learn about how it works, but you can save that for a later day, and just download the smaller of the two with no source code.

while it is possible to open up security holes with apache if you really want to, for the purposes you have there is most probably no chance. in the httpd.conf file (which you will have to start digging around in alot to get apache to dance for you), you'll set it up (or it may set itself up, in the case of the windows version) to only respond to calls to the address 127.0.0.1 - i.e. from the same computer that apache is installed on. noone else will be able to make apache respond (if any other computer tries to call 127.0.0.1, they'll only get their own computer.).

depending on how you install apache, and how security is set up on your computer, other users of that computer might be able to use apache. that's an issue more to do with the users of your particular computer and the security on it than it does with apache itself, so i can't really say.

HTH "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending a night in a closed tent with a mosquito."
 
Hi,
stillflame wrote...

the file is in 'gzip'ed format. there are lots of unzippers that work with this format out there, check shareware sites. and just to make sure you know, that particular file is a pdf file - adobe acrobat reader format documents.


So the only file in the Apache-1.3-docs.pdf.gz is that .pdf file?

Thanks,
Jenny
 
yes, that's what it looks like. it would probably be in a 'tar'ed and 'gzip'ed format if there were more than that. that file seems to be the documentation for apache, in one pdf file. "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending a night in a closed tent with a mosquito."
 
Hi,
I forgot to thank you for this info. earlier this week. It helped me get off to the right start!

Thanks,
Jenny
 
Download the .msi files. They are for Windows, and since you probably don't plan on doing any edits to the Apache code, I would get the no-code .msi file. It's a smaller download.

Just my $0.02.

-Vic vic cherubini
vikter@epicsoftware.com
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Knows: Perl, HTML, JavScript, C/C++, PHP, Flash, Director
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Hi again vcherubini,
I've never heard of the .msi files. What are they?

I have Apache up and running on my system right now, I only made one change so far - added ExecCGI to the options line in the httpd.conf file.

Thanks,
Jenny
 
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