Re: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

2017-07-11 Thread Jacob Champion
On 07/11/2017 09:12 AM, Alexandru Duzsardi wrote: how does the httpd process change the permissions of that file? does that before droping root privileges? if not what would it stop it to change any file permissions? OP said htpasswd was touching the file, not httpd. --Jacob

Re: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

2017-07-11 Thread Alexandru Duzsardi
how does the httpd process change the permissions of that file? does that before droping root privileges? if not what would it stop it to change any file permissions? On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 at 19:08, Eric Covener wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Kevin Miles > wrote: > > On the face of i

Re: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

2017-07-11 Thread Yehuda Katz
Did you compile Apache yourself or use a package from somewhere? - Y Sent from a device with a very small keyboard and hyperactive autocorrect. On Jul 11, 2017 11:53 AM, "Kevin Miles" wrote: I wonder if someone can shed some light on this. I've been running Apache 2.4.7 on Ubuntu 14.04LTS us

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread William A Rowe Jr
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:13 AM, Hajo Locke wrote: > > Am 11.07.2017 um 15:58 schrieb Eric Covener: >> >> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:41 AM, David Copeland >> wrote: o HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM >>> >>> I'm wondering what the reason for this is? >> >> In the

[users@httpd] [Announcement] Apache HTTP Server 2.2.34 Released

2017-07-11 Thread William A Rowe Jr
July 11, 2017 The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project announce the release of version 2.2.34 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"), the final maintenance release of the 2.2 series. No further 2.2 releases are anticipated. This version of Apache is principa

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Hajo Locke
Hello, Am 11.07.2017 um 16:08 schrieb David Copeland: On 11/07/17 09:58 AM, Eric Covener wrote: On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:41 AM, David Copeland wrote: o HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM I'm wondering what the reason for this is? In the previous release, HTTP2 made pr

Re: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

2017-07-11 Thread Eric Covener
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Kevin Miles wrote: > On the face of it, Apache 2.4.26 appears to be changing the permissions on > my passwd file to a value that prevents it from using it. I can't see > anything in the Release Notes that indicates this is a feature... Can anyone > tell me why thi

Re: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

2017-07-11 Thread Jacob Champion
On 07/11/2017 08:53 AM, Kevin Miles wrote: Sure enough, when I check /etc/stm/passwd its permissions have been changed from 644 to 600. When I change them back, everything starts working. But when I reload the system, something sets them back to 600 and it stops working! This looks like PR612

RE: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

2017-07-11 Thread Alexandru Duzsardi
I doubt it that apache is changing anything in a folder like /etc/stm/ Check your system crontabs or check where the changes might come from. Alternatively change the location of your file. -Original Message- From: Kevin Miles [mailto:ke...@delgaldo.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 6:5

RE: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passed file?

2017-07-11 Thread Darryl Philip Baker
Is the file owned by the user running Apache? Darryl Baker NIT - CI - PIPS - DAPS X76674 -Original Message- From: Kevin Miles [mailto:ke...@delgaldo.co.uk] Sent: July 11, 2017 10:54 AM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: [users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

[users@httpd] Apache (2.4.26) changing permissions on passwd file?

2017-07-11 Thread Kevin Miles
I wonder if someone can shed some light on this. I've been running Apache 2.4.7 on Ubuntu 14.04LTS using a VirtualHost with a passwd file and all was working fine. I upgraded Apache to 2.4.26 and the site stopped working. The error being logged is: [Tue Jul 11 20:58:27.722904 2017] [authn_fil

[users@httpd] mod_proxy performance with IIS

2017-07-11 Thread Bruno Dorchain
I had an httpd 2.2 (under Centos 6) with mod_proxy forwarding requests to an IIS 7.5 in HTTPS. I replaced it with an httpd 2.4 (Centos 7) and I expected a huge increase in performance due to the connection pooling on the back but it only increased by 10%. Doing the same test with an httpd back-end

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread David Copeland
On 11/07/17 10:25 AM, Stefan Eissing wrote: >> Am 11.07.2017 um 16:13 schrieb David Copeland : >> >> I had it set up on an essentially a private site to try it so the volume was >> very low, and so I never had a problem. > It can work in certain configurations. Especially if you *only* serve stati

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Stefan Eissing
> Am 11.07.2017 um 16:13 schrieb David Copeland : > > I had it set up on an essentially a private site to try it so the volume was > very low, and so I never had a problem. It can work in certain configurations. Especially if you *only* serve static files. As soon as mod_php, proxy connections

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread David Copeland
On 11/07/17 09:58 AM, Eric Covener wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:41 AM, David Copeland > wrote: >>> o HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM >> I'm wondering what the reason for this is? > In the previous release, HTTP2 made prefork run multi-threaded. People > often chose p

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread David Copeland
I had it set up on an essentially a private site to try it so the volume was very low, and so I never had a problem. Thanks, Dave Copeland. On 11/07/17 10:03 AM, Yehuda Katz wrote: > H2 is threaded and prefork is not, so the performance is poor or it > doesn't work at all. > > There was a discuss

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Hajo Locke
Hello, Am 11.07.2017 um 15:58 schrieb Eric Covener: On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:41 AM, David Copeland wrote: o HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM I'm wondering what the reason for this is? In the previous release, HTTP2 made prefork run multi-threaded. People often chose

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Luca Toscano
Also a more in depth explanation from the dev@ mailing list: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bae472cadaeeb761b88bb4569cc0b7d87bc2dcb2fbcbf472d895f32e@%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E Luca 2017-07-11 15:56 GMT+02:00 Luca Toscano : > Hi David, > > https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=612

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Yehuda Katz
H2 is threaded and prefork is not, so the performance is poor or it doesn't work at all. There was a discussion about this on the dev list: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bae472cadaeeb761b88bb4569cc0b7d87bc2dcb2fbcbf472d895f32e@%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E Sent from a device with a very small

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Luca Toscano
Hi David, https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61237 contains the background that brought to this decision :) Luca 2017-07-11 15:41 GMT+02:00 David Copeland : > I'm wondering what the reason for this is? > > Thanks. > > On 11/07/17 09:04 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >Apache

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Eric Covener
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:41 AM, David Copeland wrote: >> o HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM > I'm wondering what the reason for this is? In the previous release, HTTP2 made prefork run multi-threaded. People often chose prefork due to non-threadsafe code running in the se

Re: [users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread David Copeland
I'm wondering what the reason for this is? Thanks. On 11/07/17 09:04 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released > > > o HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM > -- David Copeland JSI Data Systems Limited 613-727-9353 www.jsidata.ca -

[users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released

2017-07-11 Thread Jim Jagielski
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released July 11, 2017 The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.4.27 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is our latest GA release of the new generation 2.4.x br