From a83a1cbab3293921a45aeb193fab0bdd36135312 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Ritt Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:52:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added note about ProxyRequest SVN revision: 629 --- doc/adminguide.html | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/adminguide.html b/doc/adminguide.html index 798d0ed5..e3bca407 100755 --- a/doc/adminguide.html +++ b/doc/adminguide.html @@ -162,11 +162,15 @@ Redirect permanent /elog http://your.host.domain/elog/ ProxyPass /elog/ http://your.host.domain:8080/

-Make sure that the Apache modules mod_proxy.c and mod_alias.c are activated. The Redirect +Make sure that the Apache modules mod_proxy.c and mod_alias.c are activated. Justin Dieters <enderak@yahoo.com> +reports that mod_proxy_http.c is also required. The Redirect statement is necessary to automatically append a "/" to a request like http://your.host.domain/elog. Apache then works as a proxy and forwards all requests staring with /elog to the elogd daemon.

+Note: Do not put "ProxyRequests On" into your configuration file. This option is not necessary +and can be misused for spamming and proxy forwarding of otherwise blocked sites.

+ Because elogd uses links to itself (for example in the email notification and the redirection after a submit), it has to know under which URL it is running. If you run it under a proxy, you have to add the line:
@@ -297,7 +301,8 @@ determined by the single elogd.cfg file in the ELOG i This file may be edited directly from the file system, or from a form in the ELOG Web interface (when the Config menu item is available). In this case, changes are applied dynamically without -having to restart the server.

+having to restart the server. Instead of restarting the server, under Unix one can send a HUP signal +like "killall -HUP elogd" to tell the server to re-read its configuration.

The many options of this unique but very important file are documented on the separate elogd.cfg syntax page.