Sorry I didn't answer this earlier; I got behind on my mail.

The reason I am using fastcgi is that it allows a persistent server process
and also passes Apache authentication information via REMOTE_USER.  I'm
using Apache to authenticate using mod_auth_kerb, and then passing the
username to applications that want a username but can't deal with kerberos.

Matt

On 11/1/05, Dave Strydom <strydom.dave@gmail.com> wrote:
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> just out of interest, what is the benefits of using fastcgi ?
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> On 10/31/05, matt wilbert <matt.wilbert@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > That was it.  I probably should have been able to figure that out, but I
> > didn't.
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> >
> > Matt Wilbert
> >
> > On 10/30/05, kloeri@gentoo.org <kloeri@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 06:11:00PM -0500, matt wilbert wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have apache2 built via portage and running on an Opteron-based
> > > Gentoo
> > > > 2.6.11 system.
> > > >
> > > > I want to use mod_fastcgi to run an application behind Apache2.
> > > However,
> > > > when I emerge --pretend mod_fastcgi, portage says it wants to build
> > > Apache
> > > > 1.3 as part of the process. I find it hard to believe this is what I
> > > want.
> > > > Am I wrong? If not, how can I make portage do what I want?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > >
> > > > Matt Wilbert
> > > Make sure you have USE=apache2 enabled.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bryan Østergaard
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> > >
> > >
> >
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