OT - What is mod_status? (WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] apache permssions)

[Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com>]

On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 09:37 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 01:38:11 -0500
> Willie Wong <wwong@Princeton.EDU> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 06:26:16PM +1300, Penguin Lover Nick Rout squawked:
> > > > > <IfDefine INFO>
> > > > >     ExtendedStatus On
> > > > >     <Location /server-status>
> > > > >         SetHandler server-status
> > > > >         Order deny,allow
> > > > >         Deny from all
> > > > >         Allow from localhost
> > > > >     </Location>
> > > > > </IfDefine>
> > > > >
> > > > > Looks to me as though it should allow connections from localhost, but
> > > > > it doesn't, I get 403 Forbidden.
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, it should be working, and in fact it is exactly the same as on my system 
> > > > where it does work. Is your system having problems resolving localhost? Does 
> > > > 127.0.0.1 work?
> > > > 
> > 
> > Two really stupid observations on my part (probably doesn't matter,
> > but who knows?) If you try "Allow from 127.0.0.1" instead of
> > localhost, does it work? 
> 
> Yes it does! So it must be a resolution problem after all. Thank you.
> 
> > and does it matter that deny,allow is all in
> > lowercase? I recall sometimes that arguments to directives are case
> > sensitive, though I suspect that not to be the case (no pun intended)
> > here. 
> > 
> 
> 
> Doesn't seem to matter.
> 
> > Best, 
> > 
> > W
> > -- 
> > "Ford had his own code of ethics. It wasn't much of one, 
> > but it was his and he stuck by it, more or less. One rule 
> > he made was never to buy his own drinks. He wasn't sure if 
> > that counted as an ethic, but you have to go with what 
> > you've got. "
> > Sortir en Pantoufles: up 84 days, 22:50
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> > 

What is mod_status?  I assume it is something for www-apache, but I
can't find it in /usr/portage/www-apache and eix has no idea about it...

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