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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by Vladislav Malyshkin <ma...@cs.wmich.edu> on 1998/05/25 00:41:35 UTC

general/2275: mailformed header in the case of 503 code

>Number:         2275
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       mailformed header in the case of 503 code
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 24 15:50:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     malyshki@cs.wmich.edu
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3b6
>Environment:
Linux RedHat 5.0 gcc
>Description:
In the case of 503 code server prints mailformed header:
(It does not print 
Server:
Connection: close
etc.)

This error happens on servers running Apache 1.2.6 and 1.3b6

Example:

mal2@vladik2 /tmp:  telnet freshmeat.net 80
Trying 199.183.24.237...
Connected to freshmeat.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable
Content-Type: text/html
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 22:31:58 GMT

<HTML>
<HEAD> <TITLE>Problem Report</TITLE> </HEAD>
<BODY>
<B><FONT SIZE=+1>Problem Report</FONT></B>
<P>HTTP Error <B>503</B> occurred while attempting to retrieve the URL: '<B>http://199.183.24.237/</B>'.<BR><HR WIDTH="100%">
<B>Problem Description:</B><BR>Connect failed to server '199.183.24.237'.<BR><BR><CENTER><TABLE BORDER COLS=2 WIDTH="100%" ><TR>
<TD><B>Possible Problem Cause</B></TD><TD><B>Solutions</B></TD></TR>
<TR> <TD>The server is busy</TD>  <TD>Try again, later</TD>  </TR></TABLE></CENTER><BR><HR WIDTH="100%">
</BODY></HTML>Connection closed by foreign host.
mal2@vladik2 /tmp: 

In the other time:
mal2@vladik2 /tmp:  telnet freshmeat.net 80
Trying 199.183.24.237...
Connected to freshmeat.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 22:36:43 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3b6 PHP/3.0RC4
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

Connection closed by foreign host.
mal2@vladik2 /tmp: 


>How-To-Repeat:
see logs above
>Fix:
no
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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