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author | Erlang/OTP <[email protected]> | 2009-11-20 14:54:40 +0000 |
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diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/archive/includes.txt b/lib/inets/doc/archive/includes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5222790be1 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/inets/doc/archive/includes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ + Server Side Includes (SSI) + +NCSA HTTPd allows users to create documents which provide simple information +to clients on the fly. Such information can include the current date, the +file's last modification date, and the size or last modification of other +files. In its more advanced usage, it can provide a powerful interface to +CGI and /bin/sh programs. + + * SSI Issues + * SSI Setup + * Converting INC SRV to SSI + * The SSI Format + * SSI Environment Variables + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +SSI Issues + +Having the server parse documents is a double edged sword. It can be costly +for heavily loaded servers to perform parsing of files while sending them. +Further, it can be considered a security risk to have average users +executing commands as the server's User. If you disable the exec option, +this danger is mitigated, but the performance issue remains. You should +consider these items carefully before activating server-side includes on +your server. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +SSI Setup + +First, you should decide which directories you want to allow Includes in. +Most likely this will not include users' home directories or directories you +do not trust. You should then decide, of the directories you are allowing +includes in, which directories are safe enough to use exec in. + +For the directories in which you want to fully enable includes, you need to +use the Options directive to turn on the option Includes. Similarly for the +directories you want crippled (no exec) includes, you should use the option +IncludesNOEXEC. In any directory you want to disable includes, use the +Options directive without either option. + +Next, you need to tell the server what filename extension you are using for +the parsed files. These files, while very similar to HTML, are not HTML and +are thus not treated the same. Internally, the server uses the magic MIME +type text/x-server-parsed-html to identify parsed documents. It will then +perform a format conversion to change these files into HTML for the client. +To tell the server which extension you want to use for parsed files, use the +AddType directive. For instance: + +AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .shtml + +This makes any file ending with .shtml a parsed file. Alternatively, if you +don't care about the performance hit of having all .html files parsed, you +could use: + +AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html + +This would make the server parse all .html files. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Converting your old INC SRV documents to the SSI Format + +You should use the program inc2shtml in the support subdirectory of the +HTTPd distribution to translate your documents from HTTPd 1.1 and earlier to +the new format. Usage is simple: inc2shtml file.html > file.shtml. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +The SSI Format + +All directives to the server are formatted as SGML comments within the +document. This is in case the document should ever find itself in the +client's hands unparsed. Each directive has the following format: + +<!--#command tag1="value1" tag2="value2" --> + +Each command takes different arguments, most only accept one tag at a time. +Here is a breakdown of the commands and their associated tags: + + * config + + The config directive controls various aspects of the file parsing. + There are two valid tags: + + o errmsg controls what message is sent back to the client if an + error includes while parsing the document. When an error occurs, + it is logged in the server's error log. + + o timefmt gives the server a new format to use when providing dates. + This is a string compatible with the strftime library call under + most versions of UNIX. + + o sizefmt determines the formatting to be used when displaying the + size of a file. Valid choices are bytes, for a formatted byte + count (formatted as 1,234,567), or abbrev for an abbreviated + version displaying the number of kilobytes or megabytes the file + occupies. + + * include + + include will insert the text of a document into the parsed document. + Any included file is subject to the usual access control. This command + accepts two tags: + + o virtual gives a virtual path to a document on the server. You must + access a normal file this way, you cannot access a CGI script in + this fashion. You can, however, access another parsed document. + + o file gives a pathname relative to the current directory. ../ + cannot be used in this pathname, nor can absolute paths be used. + As above, you can send other parsed documents, but you cannot send + CGI scripts. + + * echo prints the value of one of the include variables (defined below). + Any dates are printed subject to the currently configured timefmt. The + only valid tag to this command is var, whose value is the name of the + variable you wish to echo. + + * fsize prints the size of the specified file. Valid tags are the same as + with the include command. The resulting format of this command is + subject to the sizefmt parameter to the config command. + + * flastmod prints the last modification date of the specified file, + subject to the formatting preference given by the timefmt parameter to + config. Valid tags are the same as with the include command. + + * exec executes a given shell command or CGI script. It must be activated + to be used. Valid tags are: + + o cmd will execute the given string using /bin/sh. All of the + variables defined below are defined, and can be used in the + command. + + o cgi will execute the given virtual path to a CGI script and + include its output. The server does not perform error checking to + make sure your script didn't output horrible things like a GIF, so + be careful. It will, however, interpret any URL Location: header + and translate it into an HTML anchor. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +SSI Environment Variables + +A number of variables are made available to parsed documents. In addition to +the CGI variable set, the following variables are made available: + + * DOCUMENT_NAME: The current filename. + + * DOCUMENT_URI: The virtual path to this document (such as + /docs/tutorials/foo.shtml). + + * QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED: The unescaped version of any search query the + client sent, with all shell-special characters escaped with \. + + * DATE_LOCAL: The current date, local time zone. Subject to the timefmt + parameter to the config command. + + * DATE_GMT: Same as DATE_LOCAL but in Greenwich mean time. + + * LAST_MODIFIED: The last modification date of the current document. + Subject to timefmt like the others. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + [Back] Return to tutorial index + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +NCSA HTTPd Development Team / [email protected] / 9-28-95 |