Chapter 5. Configuration Utilities

 

“Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more user-friendly…Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover.”

 
 --Bill Gates

GUIs and Configuration Files

Apache, in the Unix-server tradition, is configured via text-based files. This has several advantages, including:

  • You only need a simple text editor such as vi or emacs to modify the configuration of an Apache server.

  • It is possible to access the machine through a remote shell (using telnet or ssh, a secure version of the Unix remote shell command).

  • The bandwidth requirements are small and you can administer servers ...

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