errordocument (fwd)

[Rob Hartill <ha...@hyperreal.com>]

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> From jsd@cyborganic.com  Thu Aug 10 14:36:15 1995
> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 14:36:05 -0700
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> From: jsd@cyborganic.com (Jon Drukman)
> Subject: errordocument
> 
> errordocument doesn't do quite what i'd like.  i'm not sure if this is a
> bug or an intentional design decision, but anyway...
> 
> the problem is you get error 403 for one of several reasons: the file is
> read protected, or your machine just isn't allowed in anyway (because of
> statements in the access conf file).
> 
> i have a nice .html file all set up with a detailed message explaining the
> 403.  however, i really want people who aren't allowed to access the server
> to be able to see it.  they can't.  if you try to get in from within the
> machine, you get the file.  if you try to get in from outside the network,
> you get a string with the name of the file.  not quite the same thing.
> 
> do you understand?  am i just totally hosed?
> 
> oh and btw, i can't get the literal string thing to work as described in
> the manual.  if i say errordocument 403 "this is the reason: %s
> 
> the server returns:
> 
> "this is the reason. %s
> 
> according to the docs, it shouldn't have the initial double-quote, and %s
> should be expanded to the reason for the failure.
> 
> thanks for your time.
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