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How to prevent PHP script from running in Apache
Answer:
If you have a PHP script and want it run under in command line only, not in the web server context, you can use the following method.
<?php
if ( php_sapi_name() != "cli" ) {
print "This script must be run from the command line\n";
exit();
}
Enable Server Side Includes in Apache
Answer:
Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple mechanism that allow you to add dynamic elements into your HTML file without playing with complicated scripting languages such as PHP or Perl.
To enable it under Apache, add the following lines to the Apache configuration (httpd.conf)
<IfModule mod_include.c>
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>
Restart Apache to take effect
# apachectl -k graceful
Now all yout .shtml files be will parsed and SSI related tags will be evaluated.
To see what SSI directives you can use, check out the following document:
How to check which mime types are supported by your Debian/Ubuntu
Answer:
The /etc/mime.types file is the system-wide rules which defined for mapping filename suffices to mime types. Your Apache on Debian based Linux will read this file and set the correct Content-type header for these files when serving to users.
# cat /etc/mime.typesHow to check the logrotate status?
Answer:
To check the current logrotate status, e.g. which files are covered by logrotate, what are their last processed date etc.
You can check the /var/lib/logrotate/status file
# cat /var/lib/logrotate/status
"/var/log/apache2/access.log" 2008-12-7
"/var/log/apache2/error.log" 2009-1-25
"/var/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log" 2009-1-25
"/var/log/apt/term.log" 2010-2-1
...
Check Debian version information
Answer:
To check the Debian version information in Debian/Ubuntu
Try:
# cat /etc/debian_version
squeeze/sid
