heya, by default they share the same root, and provide exactly the same access (except that apache-ssl does so over an ssl-based tunnel) if you want to have them provide access to different stuff, you should set them up with different document roots, and symlink over all the commonly shared stuff (like <documentroot>/img, for example).
hth
sean
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 01:48:06PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote:
> I'm somewhat confused about the configuration of apache and apache-ssl.
> I noticed that by default they both share the same document root, server
> root, and run under the same system user. I read about the different
> methods of authentication on the apache site, as well as .htaccess
> files, but didn't see a way to restrict access of certain pages to a
> secure connection only. Am I missing something or should I be setting up
> apache and apache-ssl to have separate document roots, server roots, and
> system users?
>
> TIA,
> Jacob
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