From: PEOPLES, M. P (ATTSI) <mp...@at...> - 2011-03-21 20:27:27
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I'll accept your recommendation and move on until I can recompile Apache. I would like actual performance data at some point and will share it when, and if, I can get it. I will also share my notes on setting up Apache and webmin, that might add to existing documentation. Michael Peoples Senior Systems Manager AT&T - ATTSI Office: 614-789-8559 Cell: 614-886-0923 FAX: 614-789-8975 mpe...@at... This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are AT&T property, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this email is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited." -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Cameron [mailto:jca...@we...] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 2:55 PM To: Webmin development list Subject: Re: [webmin-devel]CORRECTION - PROBLEM NOTSOLVEDRE:Stumbling Forward RE: GettingWebmin torununderApacheforSolaris10-- Creating dent in deskfrom banging head. I haven't done any actual performance tests, but based on my knowledge of webmin's code and Apache's I can't see how running it under Apache is likely to be faster .. except maybe for serving static files, which aren't the main bottleneck anyway. Those very few users who do run Webmin under Apache do it because they want to reduce the memory footprint, or because they can't use port 10000. In the latter case the proxy method that is in the documentation works better, as Webmin is still running the CGI scripts. - Jamie On 21/Mar/2011 05:33 PEOPLES, MICHAEL P (ATTSI) <mp...@at...> wrote .. > Joe, > > You may very well be right. As I was writing that yesterday, I thought to myself, > maybe someone with more experience than I should, metaphorically, "slap me upside > the head" and tell me I'm wasting my time. > > That said, I wanted to see for myself, and given the fact that this is supposed > to work (and my generally obsessive nature), I wanted to see for myself. > > I have sufficient knowledge of how Webmin and Apache work to understand that both > are just serving up pages and Webmin is most certainly lighter than Apache. What > Apache would allow would be a richer tool set for extending functionality. > > I appreciate the time and help offered. If folks with actual experience using > Webmin under Apache feel I'm wasting mine time, don't hesitate to tell me. > > Thanks. > > Michael Peoples > Senior Systems Manager > AT&T - ATTSI > Office: 614-789-8559 > Cell: 614-886-0923 > FAX: 614-789-8975 > mpe...@at... > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are AT&T property, are confidential, > and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this email > is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason > to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, > dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Cooper [mailto:jo...@vi...] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 3:28 AM > To: web...@li... > Subject: Re: [webmin-devel] CORRECTION - PROBLEM NOT SOLVEDRE:Stumbling Forward > RE: Getting Webmin torununderApacheforSolaris10-- Creating dent in desk from banging > head. > > I just read through this conversation, and it sounds like you're doing > all of this because you believe running Webmin under Apache will be > faster. I very strongly suspect it will be slower. > > On 3/20/2011 1:45 PM, PEOPLES, MICHAEL P (ATTSI) wrote: > > The only way I know how to do this is via the suexec option in Apache. This > version of Apache (2.2.16) was not compiled with that option and attempts to do > so have repeatedly failed (for some reason it doesn't like the OpenSSL install > despite the fact that it is already using it (--with-ssl). > > > > Running Apache as root is strongly discouraged, so what I'm asking is, do you > have a way to do this that doesn't involve recompiling Apache to include suexec > or running Apache under root? > ... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > - > Forwarded by the Webmin development list at web...@we... > To remove yourself from this list, go to > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > - > Forwarded by the Webmin development list at web...@we... > To remove yourself from this list, go to > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-devel |