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Re: [cobalt-security] Changing the Apache banner



Is there anyway,in a raq3, to remove completely the banner announcng 1.3.6
version? maybe to make the banner say 1.3.X... something that do not say
that our version is pretty old?
Thanks


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Loyall" <bloyall@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Changing the Apache banner


>
> ./apachectl configtest  is also useful if you do anything outside of the
GUI to
> apache
>
> note:  I haven't ever used this on a RAQ so it may not be there, it is in
> recent apache distros though.
>
> ben
>
>
> Quoting Gordon Jessop <gjessop@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > on 2002.01.31 02.12 PM, cburchell@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 6:45 AM
> > >> To: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Changing the Apache banner
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Add the following line to the bottom of the
> > >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file:
> > >>
> > >> ServerTokens ProductOnly
> > >>
> > >> The banner will then read 'Apache' and nothing else.
> > >>
> > >> You just need to restart the httpd daemon, no recompile needed.
> > >>
> > >> Ian
> > >>
> > >
> > > Silly question - but how does one restart the httpd daemon without
> > > restarting the RAQ?
> > >
> > > Chris
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> >
> > You can use:
> >
> >     ./apachectl graceful
> >
> > If apachectl is present on your system.  Its options are
> > (start|stop|graceful).  The following command will help you find it:
> >
> >     find / -name apachect*
> >
> > On the RAQs we manage, it is found in:
> >
> >     /usr/local/sbin
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
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