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@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@
<!--%plaintext &lt;?INDEX {\tt ServerName} directive&gt; -->
<a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax"
rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> ServerName
- <em>fully-qualified-domain-name:port</em> <br />
+ <em>fully-qualified-domain-name[:port]</em> <br />
<a href="directive-dict.html#Context"
rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> server config, virtual
host<br />
@@ -2235,14 +2235,16 @@
<p>This directive now allows a port to be added to the
server name. This allows an admin to assign the canonical
port at the same time that the canonical name is assigned.
- The Port directive in Apache-1.3, which used to perform this role, has also
- been removed, easing configuration for all users.</p>
+ If no port was specified, Apache implies port 80 for http://
+ and port 443 for https:// requests.<br>
+ The <b>Port</b> directive in Apache-1.3, which used to perform
+ this role, has been removed, easing configuration for all users.</p>
<p>See the description of the
<a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a> directive for
settings which determine whether self-referential URL's (e.g., by the
- <a href="mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a> module) will use the specified
- port, or the port to which the client connected.
+ <a href="mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a> module) will refer to the
+ specified port, or to the port number given in the client's request.
</p>
<p><strong>See Also</strong>:<br />
@@ -2556,10 +2558,7 @@
to the same server. With <code>UseCanonicalName on</code> (and
in all versions prior to 1.3) Apache will use the hostname and
port specified in the <a href="#servername">ServerName</a>
- directive to construct a canonical name for the server.
- (If no port was specified in the <a href="#servername">ServerName</a>
- directive, Apache implies port 80 for http:// and port 443 for https://)
- This
+ directive to construct a canonical name for the server. This
name is used in all self-referential URLs, and for the values
of <code>SERVER_NAME</code> and <code>SERVER_PORT</code> in
CGIs.</p>