The following reply was made to PR mod_speling/3235; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Apache bug database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Subject: Re: mod_speling/3235: When blah/name.html exists, a request for
blah/name/ lists blah.html/ as an available document. A
trailing
slash is incorrectly appended in this case.
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 07:41:38 -0500
Lloyd Wood wrote:
>
> We're running Apache in a reasonably security-conscious way, with
> scripts limited to the cgi-bin tree and with server-side includes
> disabled.
>
> Since Apache should be aware that cgi-bin scripts are restricted and
> SSI's are disabled, it should also know that unnecessary slashes and
> extraneous PATH_INFO can be safely discarded if so configured, and
> should be able to handle Speling.mod's output with that in mind.
No. Modules do not communicate with other modules, nor
are aware of each other's settings. The spelling module
has no way of knowing whether mod_include/mod_cgi are
part of the server or if their functions are enabled or
disabled for a particular URI. They could be disabled
globally but turned on in a <Files> container, for
instance. Even if it were possible, if Apache were to
do the sort of cross-checking you suggest the performance
would drop by about an order of magnitude.
> Ergo, for files in the non-cgi-bin part of the webtree, Apache should
> not be appending the slash, and Speling.mod should do the Right Thing
> on e.g.:
:
> for the existing powered.html. PATH_INFO can be discarded for this
> configuration and this error can be corrected for a large part of the
> installed base.
No. Again, mod_speling can have no idea whether the URI it
presents will, in fact, be handled by the same server. The
configuration may have Alias or RewriteRule directives that
will change how the URI is handled when presented to the
server, so the spelling module cannot make brash assumptions
about what it can discard and what it cannot.
You can avoid this behaviour by either disabling the spelling
module ("CheckSpelling Off") or enabling MultiViews
("Options +MultiViews"). Try these and see if they don't
solve your problem.
#ken P-)}
Ken Coar <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/>
Apache Group member <http://www.apache.org/>
"Apache Server for Dummies" <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/ASFD/>
