The following reply was made to PR mod_alias/1856; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Randy Jae Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Lars Eilebrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_alias/1856: Alias directive allowable in htaccess Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 17:22:18 -0800 (PST) No it won't read the destination's parent directories. It does read the destination's .htaccess however. There's a note somewhere in the docs explaining that when apache does traverse a symlink it *does not* rewrite the filename -- so if /foo/bar is a symlink to /do/wah/ditty, and a reference to /foo/bar/blah is made, then apache looks for rules covering /foo/bar/blah, NOT /do/wah/ditty/blah. Using 1.2.6 or 1.3b6-dev (which should be the same as all the released versions in this respect) I was not able to verify your bug. For example, I did this: cd ap/htdocs ln -s ~/public_html dg cd dg echo "Header add testing this" > .htaccess start httpd % telnet localhost 8080 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. HEAD /dg/ HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 01:01:46 GMT Server: Apache/1.3b6-dev testing: this Connection: close Content-Type: text/html Connection closed by foreign host. note the "testing: this" header. The .htaccess file of the destination was read and processed. Dean On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Randy Jae Weinstein wrote: > I submitted the bug due to the fact that I have already created a Symbolic > Link (ln -s), on my system, and the server already has AllowOverride All > set, and yet it doesn't read the correct htaccess files! It only reads of > the SOURCE of where the link is, and not the destintatino and the > destination's parent directories! Maybe the status should be changed to a > bug fix instead of a request? As I have already tried what Dean said and > it has not worked. > > > (grrr... the bugdb-script doesn't send a copy to a > > changed originator address.) > > > > > [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] > > > [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] > > > [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] > > > [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] > > > > > > > > > Synopsis: Alias directive allowable in htaccess > > > > > > Comment-Added-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Comment-Added-When: Sun Feb 22 16:38:51 PST 1998 > > > Comment-Added: > > > (corrected bogus return address by using address from > > > PR#1855) > > > > > > To repeat Dean's previous comment: .htaccess files > > > are read in the destination of a symlink (unless > > > disabled via AllowOverride). > > > > > > Originator-Changed-From-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Originator-Changed-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Originator-Changed-When: Sun Feb 22 16:38:51 PST 1998 > > > > > > Cheers, > =| __ __ T | Randy Jae > =| | .\/. | O M | > *--\ \/ /--* O A | Lehigh University > | / __ \ T N | Randy Jae Weinstein NYU College of Dentistry! > | |_| |_| H | [EMAIL PROTECTED] D.D.S. 2B!! > --==>> http://Pages.NYU.EDU/~rw263/ > >
