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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com> on 1997/07/21 23:20:02 UTC

Re: other/893: Authentication for CGIs not always working (fwd)

The following reply was made to PR other/893; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>
To: apbugs@apache.org
Subject: Re: other/893: Authentication for CGIs not always working (fwd)
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:13:38 -0600 (MDT)

 
 
 
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 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 16:32:46 -0400 (EDT)
 From: "Paul D. Robertson" <pr...@clark.net>
 To: Marc Slemko <ma...@hyperreal.org>
 Cc: apache-bugdb@apache.org, marc@apache.org
 Subject: Re: other/893: Authentication for CGIs not always working
 
 On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Marc Slemko wrote:
 
 > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 13:13:35 -0700 (PDT)
 > From: Marc Slemko <ma...@hyperreal.org>
 > To: apache-bugdb@apache.org, marc@apache.org, proberts@clark.net
 > Subject: Re: other/893: Authentication for CGIs not always working
 > 
 > Synopsis: Authentication for CGIs not always working
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
 > State-Changed-By: marc
 > State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 21 13:13:33 PDT 1997
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > 1.1 is no longer supported; please try 1.2.  This specific
 > problem sounds like something fixed in 1.2 for most
 > platforms, Linux included.  It happens when the server
 > closes the connection while the client is still sending
 > data; this happens when the server tells the client that
 > authorization is required.  Because the client is still
 > sending data, it breaks.
 
 I upgraded to the current release with no changes in operation.
 Re-authenticating with a different username/password then going back
 succeeds.  The initial behaviour is still broken.  
 
 Paul
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