mod_cgi/4490: mod_cgi prevents handling of OPTIONS requests

[Brian Lloyd <br...@digicool.com>]

>Number:         4490
>Category:       mod_cgi
>Synopsis:       mod_cgi prevents handling of OPTIONS requests
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 28 08:30:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     brian@digicool.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
All
>Description:
The current mod_cgi prevents back-end systems (such as 
application servers) from handling OPTIONS requests. This
effectively prevents any back-end system (accessed via
cgi) from supporting WebDAV, because DAV clients use an 
OPTIONS request to determine DAV support by a given resource.

I've sent along a patch that allows cgis to handle OPTIONS.
The patch is tested and running on our internal servers.
If I can answer any questions or elaborate on the problem,
please get in touch w/me:


Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
Software Engineer  540.371.6909              
Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com 
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
*** ./mod_cgi.c	Wed Apr  7 10:40:47 1999
--- ../mod_cgi.c	Mon Mar 22 09:54:21 1999
***************
*** 361,373 ****
  
      struct cgi_child_stuff cld;
  
-     if (r->method_number == M_OPTIONS) {
- 	/* 99 out of 100 CGI scripts, this is all they support */
- 	r->allowed |= (1 << M_GET);
- 	r->allowed |= (1 << M_POST);
- 	return DECLINED;
-     }
- 
      if ((argv0 = strrchr(r->filename, '/')) != NULL)
  	argv0++;
      else
--- 361,366 ----
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