Hi

I have two issues I would like some tips on:

1- Debian 4 has its own compilation for apache2, with a bunch of modules 
called  authz_* and authn_* etc. These modules are not standard apache 
modules and I cant find any docs on the net about them.
Does anybody know what these modules provide and what configuration 
directives apply to them?

2- Anybody knows the list of patches, if any, applied to apache2 in 
debian 4? or possibly where I can look to find a list of patches for 
apache2?

I am starting to get fed up with the debian way of doing apache and are 
considering using standard apache instead. But I am vary of the fact 
that debian has applied pathces which improves on its security and other 
things...

regards

tom

On October 10, 2008 21:28, in comp.os.linux.misc, Tom Forsmo
(spam@nospam.net) wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have two issues I would like some tips on:
> 
> 1- Debian 4 has its own compilation for apache2, with a bunch of modules
> called  authz_* and authn_* etc. These modules are not standard apache
> modules and I cant find any docs on the net about them.
> Does anybody know what these modules provide and what configuration
> directives apply to them?

You might want to check out
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html

apparently, the authn/authz modules have something to do with the
mod_authn_alias module, and are further documented in
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authn_alias.html

FWIW, I found these pages with a google search using the terms 
/authn +apache/

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On 2008-10-11, Tom Forsmo <spam@nospam.net> wrote:
>

> 2- Anybody knows the list of patches, if any, applied to apache2 in 
> debian 4? or possibly where I can look to find a list of patches for 
> apache2?
>
You could get the Debian source package.
apt-get source apache2


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Bill Marcum wrote:
> You could get the Debian source package.
> apt-get source apache2

I thought of that, but I also thought that debian must be getting hte 
pathces from somwhere, so maybe there is a page somewhere that discusses 
apache pathces or something.

regards

tom

Lew Pitcher wrote:

> You might want to check out
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html

Aah, its a 2.2 feature. When I checked what version debian used, I 
concluded I had pcked a 2.0 package and in the docs of 2.0 those modules 
do not exist.

> FWIW, I found these pages with a google search using the terms 
> /authn +apache/

I tried using a similar term, but all it found was non relevant stuff, 
maybe its was because I also had "debian" in the term.

thanks anyway.


tom

tom writes:
> I thought of that, but I also thought that debian must be getting hte
> pathces from somwhere, so maybe there is a page somewhere that discusses
> apache pathces or something.

For future reference, when upgrading a Debian package (especially to a new
version) read the NEWS and README files in /usr/share/doc/<package>.

You might also want to install the apt-listchanges package:

 Description: package change history notification tool
 The tool apt-listchanges can compare a new version of a
 package with the one currently installed and show what has been
 changed, by extracting the relevant entries from the Debian changelog
 and NEWS files.
 .
 It can be run on several .deb archives at a time to get a list of all
 changes that would be caused by installing or upgrading a group of
 packages. When configured as an APT plugin it will do this
 automatically during upgrades.

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Elmwood, WI USA