Sorry I didn't answer this earlier; I got behind on my mail.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Matt<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Strydom</b> <<a href="mailto:strydom.dave@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">strydom.dave@gmail.com </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> just out of interest, what is the benefits of using fastcgi ?<div><span><br> <br> <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">matt wilbert</b> <<a href="mailto:matt.wilbert@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">matt.wilbert@gmail.com </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> That was it. I probably should have been able to figure that out, but I didn't.<br> <br> Thanks a lot,<br><span> <br> Matt Wilbert</span><div><span><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/05, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:kloeri@gentoo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> kloeri@gentoo.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:kloeri@gentoo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">kloeri@gentoo.org</a>> wrote: </span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 06:11:00PM -0500, matt wilbert wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br> > I have apache2 built via portage and running on an Opteron-based Gentoo<br>> 2.6.11 system.<br>><br>> I want to use mod_fastcgi to run an application behind Apache2. However,<br>> when I emerge --pretend mod_fastcgi, portage says it wants to build Apache <br>> 1.3 as part of the process. I find it hard to believe this is what I want.<br>> Am I wrong? If not, how can I make portage do what I want?<br>><br>> Thank you,<br>><br>> Matt Wilbert<br>Make sure you have USE=apache2 enabled. <br><br>Regards,<br>Bryan Østergaard<br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-web-user@gentoo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gentoo-web-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote> </div><br> </span></div></blockquote></div><br> </span></div></blockquote></div><br>