The following reply was made to PR mod_cgi/1291; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dave Shield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Dave Shield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_cgi/1291: CGI problems are reported as "Server problem - contact the webmaster" Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:40:14 +0000 > You could also use an ErrorDocument which points at a CGI, the CGI should > have the original URI available in one of the environment variables (I > forget which, you'll have to experiment). Then your CGI can make a > decision as to who to contact ... such as grabbing a ~username. Yes, but that assumes that all "internal" errors that refer to ~username are necessarily what I tagged CGI errors. It would hide the (hopefully rare) case when there was a *real* internal error, that the webmaster needed to look at, but that was triggered by a personal cgi URL. Not to mention the additional complication in having to parse the request to determine the username, et al. Having a distinct, and simple return code would be much simpler - either the main return code as I originally proposed, or an internal additional one as suggested yesterday. Dave
