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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 46615] New: Apache returns 501 on unknown method;
can't guarantee this is correct
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46615
Summary: Apache returns 501 on unknown method; can't guarantee
this is correct
Product: Apache httpd-2
Version: 2.2.9
Platform: Macintosh
OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Core
AssignedTo: bugs@httpd.apache.org
ReportedBy: geoffers+asfbug@gmail.com
When there is any CGI scripts, or modules loaded, Apache's current behaviour of
returning 501 on an unknown method goes against the definition of the status
code in RFC2616. This is because the server might support the method on some
resource which is accessed by the CGI/module.
To quote the 501 status code definition:
"The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request.
This is the appropriate response when the server does not recognize the request
method and is not capable of supporting it for any resource."
While none of this is normative, the latter sentence makes this behaviour
incorrect for Apache. I might have a CGI/module accessed resource which can
support the method, even if Apache itself, serving static files, cannot.
I would suggest using "405 Method Not Allowed", but I realize that this
requires sending an Allow header, which may not be possible.
To re-create: access any resource served by Apache directly (and not via a
module or CGI script) using the method "foo" and view the status code.
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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 46615] Apache returns 501 on unknown method; can't
guarantee this is correct
Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46615
Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |INVALID
--- Comment #2 from Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com> 2009-08-29 22:33:50 PDT ---
This is a configuration issue. It's the default handler that returns 501, and
it only reaches the default handler if no module or script has handled the
request - which means that nothing handles the method. 501 is correct at this
point.
You could of course work around it, either with an ErrorDocument or in your
module/script.
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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 46615] Apache returns 501 on unknown method; can't
guarantee this is correct
Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46615
--- Comment #1 from Geoffrey Sneddon <ge...@gmail.com> 2009-01-27 15:19:03 PST ---
I just noticed it already sends an Allow header, so it is certainly possible to
return 405.
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