could be but as most Security/System admins I have the way I prefer. If I have all the httpd items under /www then i fell it is easier to manage. I have never used the RPM's or installed apache with RH. This was an excerpt on a paper that I wrote for installing Snort IDS on a redhat box. -- Patrick S. Harper | CISSP MCSE patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.internetsecurityguru.com "If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?" On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 00:58, Kevin Waterson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, "Patrick S. Harper" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > When I do my builds I use > > > > tar -xvzf httpd-2.0.45.tar.gz > > cd httpd_2.0.45 > > ./configure --prefix=/www --enable-so > > make > > make install > > Is it possible to install apache 2.0.45 with the config files in > /etc/httpd/conf and the binary located in /usr/sbin > this would maintain the directory structure redhat has. > > Kind regards > Kevin > > -- > ______ > (_____ \ > _____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ > | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) > | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / > |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) > Kevin Waterson > Port Macquarie, Australia > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list