Subj : question
To   : Bob Seaborn
From : David Calafrancesco
Date : Thu Apr 10 2003 07:46 pm

Bob Seaborn wrote in a message to David Calafrancesco:

 >
 >BS>       There isn't any, that's the problem.  It all seems contained
 >BS> within the webserver software, called PowerWeb, which is no longer
 >BS> supported, nor available, and I cannot see how to disable it.
 >
 > Ahh... that would explain it... have you considered using apache
 > instead? It is likely a far superior software, and under current

 BS>       Already in the works, Apache under Linux, however it's a long
 BS> and somewhat painful process to migrate the system from OS/2 to
 BS> Linux.  However, I wasn't aware that Apache for OS/2 is being kept
 BS> current.

The subject of this post in TeamOS2 indicates that it is rather current :) 

   [VOICENWS] Apache 2.0.45 for OS/2

 > development. I have never used powerweb and until this point hadn't even
 > heard of it. Does it use text files for configuration the way the gods
 > intended or does it use one of them gooey configs?

 BS>       The configs are text files (except for password storage), but
 BS> you must use a webbrowser to access the admin section on the
 BS> website. 

As most of us have probably never heard of this package, can you point us to 
docs or something so we can look at it with you? In apache I would simply set 
an allow/deny that would prevent anyone except localhost from accessing the 
proxy features, but then again in apache I would have to explicitly load and 
enable the proxy service in the first place. 

 > What type of web content are you serving (static pages or cgi's) and is
 > there anything you are serving that requires powerweb or can it be
 > replaced with apache?

 BS>       Relatively static pages, no cgi's (limited support for cgi
 BS> under powerweb, it prefers that you use it's own proprietary api's
 BS> instead), plus mail (smtp/pop3), and ftp.  It's sorta an
 BS> 'all-in-one' package, so to speak. 

What is the smtp passing the email to, what is the local mail delivery agent? 
What is the email storage format? Without knowing that, I couldn't begin to 
suggest a pop3 solution. FTP is easy though... several options there.

Have you tried a firewall that might be sensitive to types of web content? But 
I still think the answer will be in the configs, but without knowing what the 
application really is I couldn't help further. 

Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.org

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