Package: apache Version: 1.3.33-3 Severity: important A while back I commented on this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=283361
The problem was that if an apache-ssl cert is encrypted on disk with a passphrase, Apache will prompt the sysadmin for the cert's passphrase when the system boots. But /etc/init.d/apache tosses the output of apachectl into /dev/null, so the user never sees the prompt. The machine appears to hang, when in fact it's just waiting for user input. If DELAYLOGIN is set to 'yes' (the default), an admin trying to remotely administer the machine will not be able to sign in until this prompt is cleared. So this Apache bug is actually disastrous. A lot of this could be solved if /etc/init.d/apache behaved sensibly with the VERBOSE environment variable, defined in /etc/default/rcS. If VERBOSE is turned on, Apache should not throw away the stderr from apachectl. Then the problem becomes one of informing the user that he really ought to turn VERBOSE on. If apache-ssl is installed, and if the cert is encrypted on disk, then the user should be strongly advised to turn VERBOSE on, and debconf should turn it on for him. In general, it's probably just a good idea for Apache debconf to recommend turning on VERBOSE, regardless of what settings the user has set. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-386 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages apache depends on: ii apache-common 1.3.33-3 support files for all Apache webse ii debconf 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.10.25 Package maintenance system for Deb ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-17 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [ ii libexpat1 1.95.8-1 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libmagic1 4.12-1 File type determination library us ii logrotate 3.7-2 Log rotation utility ii mime-support 3.28-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.4-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction -- debconf information: apache/server-name: localhost apache/document-root: /var/www apache/server-port: 80 * apache/enable-suexec: false apache/init: true apache/server-admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
