Take a look at ap_sub_req_method_uri. That might do the trick for you.
I don't think there is a similar one for files right now.
Cheers,
-g
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:17:15AM -0400, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote:
> Can anybody explain why ap_set_sub_req_protocol does
> rnew->method = "GET";
> rnew->method_number = M_GET;
> instead of
> rnew->method = r->method;
> rnew->method_number = r->method_number;
> ? The consequence is that functions like negotiation
> sub_req = ap_sub_req_lookup_file(dirent.name, r, NULL);
> check auth on the wrong method. You can check this by POSTing to
> foo and having a limit on POST for foo.php3 (as opposed to the
> whole directory). A quick way to check is to set a breakpoint in
> ap_set_sub_req_protocol and
> telnet localhost 80
> POST /Overview HTTP/1.0
> Content-Length: 5
>
> abcd
> Any calls to the auth modules will have a method of GET despite
> the POST action they will eventually execute.
>
> All auth modules and the like could check for this:
> int method = r->main ? r->main->method_number : r->method_number;
> but it seems better to have the sub request default to the method
> of the request that inspired it. There may be some modules that
> may count on the default behavior, like mod_include, but I think
> they should specifically make the new method be a GET as they are
> not duplicating the parent request's behaviour.
>
> --
> -eric
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