[Zope] RE: [FASTCGI] Zope, fastcgi, Apache 2.0 - need a dummy file!?

Edward Muller edwardam@interlix.com
20 Sep 2002 23:18:09 -0500


Any reason why you are using FastCGI instead of Rewrite with a [P] on
the end?


On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 10:12, Barry Pederson wrote:
> Edward Muller wrote:
> > I stand corrected. The file doesn't have to exist.
> > 
> > http://www.fastcgi.com/mod_fastcgi/docs/mod_fastcgi.html#FastCgiExternalServer
> > 
> > Sorry about that I could have sworn it did.....
> > 
> > On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 18:55, Rob Saccoccio wrote:
> > 
> >>>I am serving Zope behind Apache 2.0 using fastcgi. I find a need
> >>>a dummy file with the same name as the Zope root otherwise
> >>>fastcgi process manager fails with
> >>> ...cannot stat /www/htdocs/Zope...
> >>>Is this a "bug"?  Without a dummy /www/htdocs/Zope file my content serving
> >>>fails.
> >>
> >>You shouldn't need a dummy file.  What *exactly* is the error mesage you
> >>see?
> >>
> >>--rob
> 
> Yeah, the docs say that, but I had this happen too.  I believe I have fastcgi 
> from mod_fastcgi-SNAP-0208192319.tar.gz, apache 2.0.40 on FreeBSD 4.6. 
> FastCGI related lines from my httpd.conf look like this:
> 
> ------------------
> FastCgiExternalServer /usr/local/www/data/zope -host 127.0.0.1:8082
>       -pass-header Authorization
> 
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)
>     /zope/VirtualHostBase/http/foobar.org:80/VirtualHostRoot/$1 [PT]
> 
> <Location /zope>
>      SetHandler fastcgi-script
>      Options ExecCGI
> </Location>
> -------------------
> 
> Without a dummy file my httpd-error.log file shows:
> 
> ------
> [Fri Sep 20 10:02:17 2002] [error] [client aaa.bbb.xxx.yyy] (2)No such file 
> or directory: FastCGI: stat() of "/usr/local/www/data/zope" failed
> -------
> (IP address changed to aa.bbb...)
> 
> With a dummy file, everything works fine.
> 
> 	Barry
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