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Bug#256510: marked as done (Apache2 .htaccess ErrorDocument)

Your message dated Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:44:55 +0100
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and subject line Apache2 .htaccess ErrorDocument
has caused the Debian Bug report #256510,
regarding Apache2 .htaccess ErrorDocument
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Package: apache2-mpm-prefork
Severity: normal
Version: 2.0.49-1

Hello,

Bug:
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Apache2 doesn't handle ErrorDocuments set from a .htaccess file properly.

How:
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Have a vhost configured and AllowOverrides All for your DocumentRoot.
Next put a .htaccess in your DocumentRoot which has:
    ErrorDocument 404 /error/404.html
Ensure that the relative path to your 404.html really exists :)
Try to reach a nonexistant page.

What:
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You'll get a default 404 page telling you Not Found, and that there was
an additional error with the ErrorDocument.

Logs show:
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[snip] File does not exist: /var/vhosts/www.freshdot.net/html/aegaeg
[snip] File does not exist: /usr/share/apache2/error/404.html




Okay! So now try:
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Change the /error/404.html in your .htaccess to:
    ErrorDocument 404 /var/vhosts/www.freshdot.net/html/error/404.html
Ensure that your path really exists :)
Try to reach a nonexistant page.

What:
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You'll get a default 404 page telling you Not Found, and that there was
an additional error with the ErrorDocument.

Logs show:
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[snip] File does not exist: /var/vhosts/www.freshdot.net/html/aegaeg
[snip] File does not exist: /var/vhosts/www.freshdot.net/html/var

Funny thing:
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When you specify:
    ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
(make sure 404.html exists in DocumentRoot :P)
And request a nonexistant page, it nicely displays 404.html.

Conclusion:
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ErrorDocuments set from .htaccess can only reside in DocumentRoot, in
contradiction to ErrorDocuments set from <VirtualHost> config.

Side-note:
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When you put in
    ErrorDocument 404 error/404.html

And request a nonexistant page, all you see is 'error/404.html' in
plaintext. IMHO this should only happen when "wrapped in quotes", the
above should be handled as a relative path. But I could be wrong ;)

Then there's still this /htdocs problem that I need to reproduce before
I can bitch & moan about it ;))

Keep up the good work!
Kind regards,
Sander.
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version: 2.2.3-4

This seems to be fixed in 2.2.x. At least I could not reproduce it.

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