mod_jserv/5737: cant get sessions - each getSession() creates a new one

[Frauenberger Christopher <f_...@gmx.net>]

>Number:         5737
>Category:       mod_jserv
>Synopsis:       cant get sessions - each getSession() creates a new one
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    jserv
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 10 06:40:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     f_chris@gmx.net
>Release:        1.3.11
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
IRIX 6.5
Netscape 4.61
JServ 1.1 
TomCat 3.1 Milestone M1
JSDK2.0
JDK 1.2.1 (SGI)
>Description:
This code :
	HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
	if (session == null) 
	    session = req.getSession(true);
produces new SessionIDs every time
The funny thing is that I also tried encodeUrl(..) with 
"Dont accept cookies" in Netscape, but it doesnt encode the SessionId in the URL.
If I contact tomcat directly (via 8080 port) it works with cookies but not with 
encodeUrl(..)

We have compiled mod_jserv.so and placed it in the libexec/ (Apache 1.3.11 with DSO)
and everything else works fine.
>How-To-Repeat:
see code and enviroment
>Fix:
I've heard that under linux this problem disapears with the precompiled mod_jserv
but i havent found one for SGI/IRIX 6.5.5 
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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