[FX.php List] [OFF-TOPIC] Anyone using OS X Server?

John May jmaymailing at pointinspace.com
Wed May 16 18:17:23 MDT 2007


>At 9:20 AM +1000 5/17/07, Kevin Futter wrote:
>>On 17/5/07 8:45 AM, "Bob Patin" <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  If only I could get it to work... I'm not finding the string they
>>>  told me to look for... sigh...
>>
>>What tools are you using to try to edit the conf file Bob? There are easy
>>ways and hard ways. You will find that the conf files are both hidden and
>>marked read-only, so you'll need to deal with those hurdles up front. You
>>can edit them via the command line and Terminal, but they're just text
>>files, so any decent text editor will work. If you use TextWrangler or
>>BBEdit, you can open hidden files directly into these programs, saving you
>>one set of steps. That way you can also search for the string you need to
>>edit, rather than trying to spot it by eye (nearly impossible in those conf
>>files unless you're really familiar with them).
>>
>>Anyway, setting AllowOverride to All is the key. The other thing to be aware
>>of in some of the help pages on the web is that they're talking about the
>>process as applicable to OS X client, not server (the Clagnut one for
>>instance). The basics are the same, but file locations and names can be
>>different, even between versions of OS X Server (changed from Panther to
>>Tiger for instance).
>>
>>--
>>Kevin Futter
>>Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
>>http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/


I suggest reviewing the Apache documentation on AllowOverride. 
Setting it to "All" opens up some pretty big security holes in a 
multi-user environment.

	- John

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