The following reply was made to PR general/1402; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/1402: Relative Symlinks are handled improperly Date: 14 Nov 1997 08:01:49 -0000 > I just wrote: > > I was really tired...and even more tired of trying to figure out why > FollowSymLinks wasn't working. > > I have some related weirdness which I'll include in another reply. WEIRD ITEM #1: Indexing a directory that contains symlinks causes spurious logging of file access failures. There is no attempt to access the files themselves, therefore the logging seems erroneous. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- /var/log/httpd >> htcat http://hackvan.com/pub/stig/funny/rants/ GET http://hackvan.com/pub/stig/funny/rants/ HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 07:31:58 GMT Server: Apache/1.2.4 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html <HTML><HEAD> <TITLE>Index of /pub/stig/funny/rants</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY> <H1>Index of /pub/stig/funny/rants</H1> <PRE><IMG SRC="/icons/blank.gif" ALT=" "> Name Last modified Size Description <HR> <IMG SRC="/icons/back.gif" ALT="[DIR]"> <A HREF="/pub/stig/funny/">Parent Directory</A> 03-Nov-97 16:35 - <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="clumsy-morning-coffee">clumsy-morning-coffee</A> 26-Jan-97 22:14 5k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-chains">hermann-hates-chains</A> 27-Oct-96 12:16 10k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-communication">hermann-hates-communi..</A>11-Oct-96 08:52 8k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-dogs">hermann-hates-dogs</A> 09-Aug-96 08:05 11k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-getting-old">hermann-hates-getting..</A>30-Sep-96 12:10 9k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-mainstream-music">hermann-hates-mainstr..</A>24-Nov-96 10:02 6k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-neighbors">hermann-hates-neighbors</A>10-Feb-97 15:36 8k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-the-drug-war">hermann-hates-the-dru..</A>19-Mar-97 15:40 14k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-hates-the-movies">hermann-hates-the-mov..</A>13-Sep-96 09:58 11k <IMG SRC="/icons/unknown.gif" ALT="[ ]"> <A HREF="hermann-loves-a-few-things-too">hermann-loves-a-few-t..</A>11-Feb-97 22:36 12k </PRE></BODY></HTML> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- /var/log/httpd >> jato.hackvan.com - - [13/Nov/1997:23:31:58 -0800] "GET http://hackvan.com/pub/stig/funny/rants/ HTTP/1.0" 200 1667 ==> /var/log/httpd/errors.hackvan <== [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-chains failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-communication failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-dogs failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-getting-old failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-mainstream-music failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-neighbors failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-the-drug-war failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-the-movies failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed [Thu Nov 13 23:31:58 1997] access to /u/ftp/pub//stig/funny/rants/hermann-loves-a-few-things-too failed for jato.hackvan.com, reason: Symbolic link not allowed htcat http://hackvan.com/pub/stig/funny/rants/hermann-hates-neighbors
