[pubcookie-dev] Re: Problem with 3.0.0

[Jon Miner]

Yeah, that server is running 3.0.0 rc2, but we have exactly the same
problem on a real 3.0.0 server..  I have been meaning to upgrade that
machine, but it actually works, and I don't have time to fix it when I
break it. :)

Yeah, I wondered about the README and HEADER stuff too, but I think
that's just Apache trying to make the directory display pretty
(FancyIndexing is on for the whole server)..

I must have missed that email from Brent, but, yes, it's on Solaris 8
(of course).. But, I don't see the problem with getting a directory with
index.html, nor with pages that have lots of images.  We actually use it
(on the same machine where I generated these logs) with our internal
documentation site, which makes heavy use of images and even icky frames
(don't blame me, I didn't write it.)

I'm hoping I'll get some time today to put some debug statements in.. :)

jon

* Nathan Dors (dors at cac.washington.edu) [040219 02:38]:
> 
> Comparing those log files is putting me to sleep.
> 
> A few comments, nothing approaching a hunch:
> 
> 1) Are you running 3.0.0rc2 on this app server?
> That could (but probably doesn't) make a difference.
> 
> 2) I'm kinda curious about this subdir1/README and
> subdir2/HEADER business, as well as the requests to
> ".." in each case. Seems like a little more is going
> on that just a request to the directory.
> 
> 3) If this is Solaris (and maybe even if it isn't)
> the problem sounds a lot like this problem reported
> by Brent Putnam from Georgetown:
> 
> http://mailman.u.washington.edu/pipermail/pubcookie-users/2003-November/000248.html
> 
> Kinda makes me wonder if the session cookie is being
> generated okay. The debug info doesn't seem to say
> much about that.
> 
> -Nathan
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Jon Miner wrote:
> 
> > Here's an amusing problem with our production(ish) setup:
> >
> > Create a pubcookie protected directory:
> >     /usr/local/pubcookie/htdocs
> >
> >     .htaccess:
> >         AuthType NetID
> >         PubCookieAppID "Testing Pubcookie"
> >         Options Indexes
> >
> >         require valid-user
> >
> > Create two subdirectories:
> >     /usr/local/pubcookie/htdocs/test1
> >     /usr/local/pubcookie/htdocs/test2
> >
> > Create a text file in test2 (NOT an index-ish file)
> >     echo "hi" > /usr/local/pubcookie/htdocs/test2/blah.txt
> >
> > Create an alias and what-not for that directory in httpd.conf:
> >     Alias "/protected" "/usr/local/pubcookie/htdocs"
> >     <Directory "/usr/local/pubcookie/htdocs">
> >         AllowOverride All
> >     </Directory>
> >
> > close and open your web browser and go to
> >     https://server/protected/test1
> >
> > You should see the empty directory listing.
> >
> > close and open your web browser and go to
> >     https://server/protected/test2
> >
> > You should see a "Page cannot be displayed" (IE) or a blank page with
> > the login server URL in the location bar (Mozilla).
> >
> > If you look at the server log, you'll see a nice "Segmentation Fault"
> > message.
> >
> > I turned up the debug level, but I really can't see where the problem
> > comes about.  On the login server everything is _exactly_ the same, but
> > on the app server, things look the same for a while, and then they go
> > completely bonkers.
> >
> > Attached are the good and bad logs, if anybody has some ideas. :)
> >
> > jon
> >
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