Thank you for writing back Thomas. It seems I did not get that protection since I am on Ubuntu 14.04. I am pleased to hear, however, that the installer behavior has improved. Thank you.
I was on nginx version 1.4.6 and upgraded to 1.12.2 to get support for dynamically loaded modules. I am on Ubuntu 14.04.1. I upgraded using this sequence: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex Previous version: ----------------- nginx version: nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu) built by gcc 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) TLS SNI support enabled configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror =format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro' --prefix=/u sr/share/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --error-log- path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --http-client- body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-proxy-temp-pa th=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx /uwsgi --with-debug --with-pcre-jit --with-ipv6 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module - -with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_geoip_module -- with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_image_filter_module --with-http_spdy_module --with-http_sub_mo dule --with-http_xslt_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module Current Version: ---------------- nginx version: nginx/1.12.2 built with OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 TLS SNI support enabled configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIC' --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi --with-debug --with-pcre-jit --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_slice_module --with-threads --with-http_addition_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_geoip_module=dynamic --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_perl_module=dynamic --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_xslt_module=dynamic --with-mail=dynamic --with-mail_ssl_module --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/headers-more-nginx-module --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-auth-pam --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-cache-purge --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-dav-ext-module --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-development-kit --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-echo --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/ngx-fancyindex --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nchan --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-lua --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-upload-progress --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/nginx-upstream-fair --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-WaTJd7/nginx-1.12.2/debian/modules/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194074 Title: Default index.html blindly overwritten To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1194074/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
