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This is a small upgrade release of the CERN server (a.k.a. W3C httpd). It includes a set of bug fixes and some improvements. The release comes ASIS - that is - there is no support available. Take it or leave it :-)

The release does only include source code, you must compile the binary yourself.

THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:

• source code under the WWW directory [where this README file is] To compile just type

make

and binaries will appear in Daemon/xxx where xxx is your host's architecture, like sun4 or next.

• README-SOCKS explaining how to compile and use SOCKSified httpd
• server_root/ directory containing:
  • Sample configuration files for httpd in config/
    • httpd.conf for normal use as HTTP server
    • prot.conf for normal use as HTTP server with access control
    • proxy.conf for proxy use without caching
    • caching.conf for proxy use with caching
    • all.conf that contains all the configuration directives understood by httpd
  • Sample icons in icons/
    • to be used for directory listings, and also for ftp listings when using httpd as a proxy
    • simplist way to make use of the icons is to define the server root directory to be server_root under this current directory [where this README file sits], by specifying in the configuration file:

ServerRoot /what/ever/server_root

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION for this software is in:

http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Daemon/

Security bugs can be sent to

httpd@w3.org

Remember to run httpd in VERBOSE MODE [with the -v or -vv command line option] when things seem to be going wrong and attach the output to your mail message. This will make our job a lot easier.

If httpd crashes and a core image is generated, run "dbx /path/httpd" and say "where" to see where the execution was when the program crashed.

Have fun!