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-rw-r--r--networking/Config.in74
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index cd38a7074..3a0d3e9d9 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -46,77 +46,89 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_USAGE_FROM_INETD_ONLY
default n
depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- This option disabling uid and port options for httpd applet
- and more others reducing size moments, but require
- internet superserver daemon for usaging.
+ This option disables uid and port options for the httpd applet
+ but requires inetd server daemon.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_BASIC_AUTH
bool " Enable Basic Authentication"
- default n
+ default y
depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- Utilizes /etc/httpd.conf for basic authentication on a
- per url basis.
+ Utilizes password settings from /etc/httpd.conf for basic
+ authentication on a per url basis.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
- bool " Enable support Common Gateway Interface"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
- help
- Disable this for do very small module
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_RELOAD_CONFIG_SIGHUP
bool " Enable support reload global config file after hup signaled"
default n
depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- Disable this for do very small module
+ This option enables processing of SIGHUP to reload cached
+ configuration settings.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_SETUID
- bool " Enable support -u user option"
+ bool " Enable support -u <user> option"
default n
depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- Require for drop privilegies after bind() to privilegies port
+ This option allows the server to run as a specific user
+ rather than defaulting to the user that starts the server.
+ Use of this option requires special privilegies to change to a
+ different user.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CONFIG_WITH_MIME_TYPES
bool " Enable support load from config file mime types"
default n
depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- After set this you can adding or change mime types from file
- suffixes in config files
+ This option enables support for additional mime types at
+ run-time to be specified in the configuration file.
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
+ bool " Enable support Common Gateway Interface"
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
+ help
+ This option allows scripts and executables to be invoked
+ when specific urls are requested.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_SET_REMOTE_PORT_TO_ENV
- bool " Enable support set eviroment REMOTE_PORT"
+ bool " Enable support set eviroment REMOTE_PORT variable for CGI"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
help
- After set this your CGI script can know own remote port connecting
+ Use of this option can assist scripts in generating
+ references that contain a unique port number.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_SET_CGI_VARS_TO_ENV
- bool " Enable support nonstandart httpd feature set CGI_var=value"
- default n
+ bool " Enable setting of CGI_varname=value environment vars for CGI"
+ default y
depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_CGI
help
- After set this your CGI script can have trivial parse getted vars
+ This option parses POST or GET arguments from a form and
+ sets environment variables with their value. This simplifies
+ and speeds up CGI scripts. A form argument of foo=bar would
+ result in a script having the environment variable CGI_foo set
+ to 'bar'. In addition, this option sets a variable that
+ lists all the argument names. e.g. CGI_VARNAMES_="name1 name2".
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_DECODE_URL_STR
- bool " Support nonstandart httpd feature decode URL to stdout"
- default n
+ bool " Enable the -d option for shell script CGI simplification"
+ default y
depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- After set this your can decode URL from -d argument to stdout,
- example -d "Hello%20World" as "Hello World"
+ After set, this option enables support for decoding of
+ url-encoded form arguments via the -d option. Output goes to
+ stdout. For example, httpd -d "Hello%20World" produces "Hello World".
config CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR
- bool " Support nonstandart httpd feature encode argument to URL"
- default n
+ bool " Enable the -e option for shell script CGI simplification."
+ default y
depends on CONFIG_HTTPD
help
- After set this your can encode from -d argument to stdout as URL,
- example -e "<Hello World>" as "%3CHello%20World%3E"
-
+ After set, this option allows html encoding arbitrary
+ strings for display of the browser. Output goes to stdout.
+ For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" as
+ "&#60Hello&#32World&#62".
config CONFIG_IFCONFIG
bool "ifconfig"