# a2enmod(8) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       a2enmod, a2dismod - enable or disable an apache2 module

## SYNOPSIS
       **a2enmod** [-q|--quiet] [-m|--maintmode] [ _module_ ]

       **a2dismod** [-q|--quiet] [-f|--force] [-m|--maintmode] [-p|--purge] [ _module_ ]

## DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the **a2enmod** and **a2dismod** commands.

       **a2enmod**  is  a script that enables the specified module within the **apache2** configuration.  It
       does this by creating symlinks within **/etc/apache2/mods-enabled**.  Likewise, **a2dismod** disables
       a  module by removing those symlinks.  It is not an error to enable a module which is already
       enabled, or to disable one which is already disabled.

       Note that many modules have, in addition to a .load file, an associated .conf file.  Enabling
       the  module  puts  the configuration directives in the .conf file as directives into the main
       server context of **apache2.**

## OPTIONS
### -q, --quiet
              Don't show informative messages.

### -f, --force
              When disabling a module, also cascade disables all modules that depends on it.

### -m, --maintmode
              Enables the maintainer mode, that is the program invocation is  effectuated  automati‐
              cally by a maintainer script. This switch should not be used by end users.

### -p, --purge
              When  disabling  a  module,  purge all traces of the module in the internal state data
              base.

## EXIT STATUS
       **a2enmod** and **a2dismod** exit with status 0 if all _module_s are processed successfully, 1  if  er‐
       rors occur, 2 if an invalid option was used.

## EXAMPLES
              **a2enmod** **imagemap**
              **a2dismod** **mime**___**magic**

       Enables the **mod**___**imagemap** module, and disables the **mod**___**mime**___**magic** module.

## FILES
### /etc/apache2/mods-available
              Directory with files giving information on available modules.

### /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
              Directory with links to the files in **mods-available** for enabled modules.

## SEE ALSO
       [**apache2ctl**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apache2ctl/8/markdown), [**a2enconf**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2enconf/8/markdown), [**a2disconf**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2disconf/8/markdown), [**a2ensite**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2ensite/8/markdown), [**a2dissite**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2dissite/8/markdown).

## AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Daniel Stone <<daniel@sfarc.net>> for the Debian GNU/Linux dis‐
       tribution, as it is a Debian-specific script with the package.



                                           12 October 2006                                [A2ENMOD(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/A2ENMOD/8/markdown)