yep yep.. didn't think of the problems ordering could cause! > [sending back to the list] > > On 4/26/05, Frank McCreedy <frankm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Thanks very much for the response. Any reason why Apache ignores that >> part of the URL? I don't mean that as a criticism, just wondering... >> >> It will probably be easier in my case just to make a separate servlet to >> handle the admin stuff. > > I'm not sure about the original idea -- query string is always stored > separately from the url-path in apache, so it could have just been an > oversight that they were not both applied. > > But note that it would be quite dangerous to limit access based on > query strings. For example, I bet your servlet would be quite happy > to let you get around the restrictions by accepting requests like > MyServlet?foo=bar&type=admin > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx