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13 changes: 0 additions & 13 deletions conf/webwork.apache2-config.dist
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Expand Up @@ -122,19 +122,6 @@ eval "use lib '$pg_dir/lib'"; die $@ if $@;

require Apache::WeBWorK; # force compilation of pretty much everything


print "Check in with MAA site\n";
system("ping -c1 -s100 webwork.maa.org "); # check MAA site
print "End connectivity check\n";
# this snippet checks the connectivity with the internet.
# it also alerts MAA that a webwork site is starting up.
# The MAA site runs the following command
# tcpdump -l icmp |grep 100 >tcpdump.txt
# to collect pings with packet length 108 (8 more bytes then sent)
# icmp says listen for pings only. -l says to output tcpdump one line
# a time. One of the items in the line is "length 108"
# This stores the ip address of a webwork site each time it starts up.

# At this point, the following configuration variables should be present for use
# in wiring WeBWorK into Apache:
#
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14 changes: 0 additions & 14 deletions conf/webwork.apache2.4-config.dist
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Expand Up @@ -148,20 +148,6 @@ if (exists(($ce->{mail}->{smtpPort})) ) { # port not chosen automatically

require Apache::WeBWorK; # force compilation of pretty much everything

print "Check in with MAA site\n";
system("ping -c1 -s100 webwork.maa.org "); # check MAA site
print "End connectivity check\n";
# this snippet checks the connectivity with the internet.

# it also alerts MAA that a webwork site is starting up.
# The MAA site runs the following command
# tcpdump -l icmp |grep 100 >tcpdump.txt
# to collect pings with packet length 108 (8 more bytes then sent)
# icmp says listen for pings only. -l says to output tcpdump one line
# a time. One of the items in the line is "length 108"

# This stores the ip address of a webwork site each time it starts up.

# At this point, the following configuration variables should be present for use
# in wiring WeBWorK into Apache:
#
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