Re: lost directory indexes

:)

You put almost as much effort into this as I, and I have to admit, this 
is fairly fustrating, and it is just an old bug, one that should
have been resolved long ago.  And I think the bug is in apache, not
mod_perl, but I could be wrong.  I was going to, on my next attempt on
this, try recompiling the apache and modperl code with some alterations
but then I discovered that I might not have correct information.

Is it that mod_dir has to run first BEFORE embperl
or does embperl have to run first, which is what 
we have been concluding.

I think mod_dir has to run FIRST... why?

Because if you get a directory, it needs to translate it to an html file
FIRST, fetched anded off to embperl and mod_perl.

My regular perl module though needs to go FIRST and then hand off to
mod_dir.  Why?  Because it is examining the url for nastiness.  Once it 
is ok, it should hand off to mod_dir... which seems to be what is
broken.

When I run embperl, which will only work with 

sethandler perl-script, and never with addhandler:  see below
it functions fine until I add the mod_perl module I wrote.  So 
mod_dir is probably supposed to be sliced between them.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/nylxs"
    ServerName www.nylxs.com
    DirectoryIndex index.html
    PerlModule Embperl
    Embperl_UseEnv        on
    ErrorLog logs/nylxs_error_log
    CustomLog logs/nylxs_access_log common
    <Directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/nylxs>
           Options     Indexes ExecCGI
           DirectoryIndex index.html
           <Files *.html>
           SetHandler perl-script
#          PerlResponseHandler URL_BLOCK
           PerlHandler Embperl
           </Files>
           AllowOverride None
           Order allow,deny
           Allow from all
    </Directory>
</Virtualhost>



When I use AddHanlder with my custom mod_perl url module, the mod_dir
stuff works and it seems to handoff to mod_dir correctly

For example:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs"
    ServerName www.mrbrklyn.com
    Options Indexes
    AddHandler perl-script *
    PerlTransHandler +URL_BLOCK
           <Files *.html>
           AddHandler perl-script *
           PerlHandler Embperl
           </Files>
    <Location "/resources">
        Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
    </Location>
    <Location "/images">
    #    AddHandler perl-script *
#       PerlTransHandler URL_BLOCK
    </Location>
    <Location "/pharmacy/sales">
           Deny from All
    </Location>
    ErrorLog logs/error_log
    CustomLog logs/access_log common
</VirtualHost>

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Here, embperl silently fails (see http://www.mrbrklyn.com and the
localtime command is visable).
the URL_BLOCK works (try http://www.mrbrklyn.com/////index.html)
mod_dir functions
try: http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/


On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 02:15:43AM -0400, Rick Myers wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 09:18:38PM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > On 09/17/2014 03:08 PM, Rick Myers wrote:
> > > o, just declining from the perl response simply drops you off
> > > into the void since there are no other responses even set up.
> > > 
> > > Does that make sense? I hope so. :-)
> > 
> > 
> > that has been my assessment thusly...
> 
> Just for fun, I dusted off the old mod_perl machine and took a stab at
> this.
> 
> If I put a new Location section in an existing VirtualHost, I got the
> same sort of result you're seeing. That is, mod_perl above the
> directory, mod_perl below the directory, but a 500 error on the
> directory itself.
> 
> The 500 was because it was trying to run the Perl code. And that was
> running Template, which didn't like being handed a directory.
> 
> No matter what I did though, I couldn't figure out how to get a
> directory index. I tried Trans, Fixup, MapToStorage, returning OK,
> returning DECLINED - I even read the Fine Manual - all with the same
> result. It insisted on running the Perl code.
> 
> Even after I gave up, it still bugged me. I eventually got around to
> setting up a new VirtualHost. Like so...
> 
>     <VirtualHost *>
> 
>         ServerName www.example.com
>         ServerAlias example.com
>         ServerAdmin [email protected]
> 
>         DocumentRoot /home/dev/perl/lib/Experimental/public
> 
>         <Directory />
>             Order deny,allow
>             Deny from all
>             Options None
>             AllowOverride None
>         </Directory>
> 
>         <Directory /home/dev/perl/lib/Experimental/public>
>             Order allow,deny
>             Allow from all
>             Options Indexes
>             AllowOverride None
>         </Directory>
> 
>         <Location /mp>
>             SetHandler modperl
>             PerlResponseHandler Experimental::ResponseHandler
>         </Location>
> 
>     </VirtualHost>
> 
> And a module...
> 
>     package Experimental::ResponseHandler;
>     use strict;
>     use warnings;
> 
>     use Apache2::Const -compile => qw/OK DECLINED/;
> 
>     sub handler {
>         my $r = shift;
>         my $f = $r->filename;
>         warn "FILE: $f\n";
> 
>         if ( -d $f ) {
>             warn "DIR!\n";
>             return Apache2::Const::DECLINED;
>         }
> 
>         $r->print( 'Hi!' );
>         return Apache2::Const::OK;
>     }
> 
>     1;
> 
> And the index on /mp worked perfectly. Files below the directory got the
> Perl-generated response, and files above didn't trigger the handler.
> 
> >From there I tried to break it, without much success. The only thing I
> did that made any difference was to add a <Location /> section below the
> existing /mp section. Even then, it gave me a 403 and logged 'index
> forbidden by Options'.
> 
> So all I can say is, Beats Me.
> 
> I do know though, I've pulled my hair out too many times trying to
> figure out what eventually wound up being configuration merging
> problems. It's pretty whacked sometimes.
> 
> If you want to track it down further, go for it. I really don't care so
> much anymore after moving most of my stuff to Nginx/Dancer. I just
> thought I'd save you a few follicles. ;-)
> 
> HTH
> 
> Cheers,
> Rick
> 

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