Apache worm released

[Eric Rossiter]

Jeremy Fowler wrote:
> 
> First off, did you download the right rpm for your system? What distro and
> version are you running? If you download a binary package that was compiled for
> a different version or distro (or both) this may be why you are having problems.
> You could always rebuild using the SRPM though.

Yes, I believe I got the right stuff... the apache was a RedHat rpm for
i386.  The only lib I found that was questionable was the libmm.11

> 
> These libraries are dynamically linked with apache to reduce the size of the
> executable and more memory efficient by only loading the library into memory
> once. Any program that then uses that code won't have to load it again. Since
> it's a separate package it makes upgrading easier if a new version of the
> library comes out. If they statically mapped the library into the executable,
> you would have to rebuild apache whenever a new version of the library came out
> that improved performance, or more importantly - fixes bugs. (Think zlib)

Uhhhh... ok.

 
> As for why they need these libs now? Got me, like I said. You sure you grabbed
> the right rpm?
> 

> Patience young grasshopper.

I am trying honest.... there should be a disclaimer..."do not attempt on
Monday."

thanks again everyone 8')

Eric

P.S. So now everything works again except the url changing to the ip of
the localhost and netsaint page not displaying.

Thanks again...