RE: [users@httpd] Why sub-requests for <docroot>/<extra path>?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Moseley [mailto:moseley@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Dienstag, 7. Juni 2005 08:34
> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [users@httpd] Why sub-requests for <docroot>/<extra path>?
> 
> 
> Apache 2.0.54-4 on Debian Sid.
> 
> I have a setup with the document root with no access, but then I allow
> access to individual subdirectories (normally via basic auth).

I've read your post three times and can't decide if it's a general philosophical question or if you really have a problem.

- what do you want to happen?
- what is happening that you don't want?

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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> 
> Say foo is one of those sub-directories and DocRoot is
> /var/lib/projects.
> 
> So a request for:
> 
>     GET http://bumby:88/foo/env.cgi/other/foo
> 
> results in this message in the error log:
> 
>     [error] .. client denied by server configuration: 
> /var/lib/projects/other
> 
> If I enable access to the doc root then this error doesn't show up.
> It's interesting that only the first extra path segment is used
> ("other", but not that last "foo").
> 
> Can someone explain this behavior?
> 
> 
> Here's my complete httpd.conf file:
> 
>     ServerRoot /etc/apache2
>     User www-data
>     Group www-data
>     Listen 88
>     PidFile /var/run/apache2.pid
>     ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
>     TypesConfig /etc/mime.types
>     ServerName bumby
> 
>     LoadModule cgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_cgi.so
> 
>     # Restrictive by default
>     <Directory />
>         Options None
>         AllowOverride None
>         Deny from all
>     </Directory>
> 
> 
>     DocumentRoot /var/lib/projects
> 
>     <Directory /var/lib/projects>
>         # Uncomment below and error does not show up
>         #Allow from all
> 
>         <files env.cgi>
>             SetHandler cgi-script
>             Options +ExecCGI
>         </files>
>     </Directory>
> 
>     <Directory /var/lib/projects/foo>
>         Allow from all
>     </Directory>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseley@xxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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