#48 Localise PerlAccessHandler

[Kevin Tam]

PerlAccessHandler Slash::Apache::User

performs modifications on the Apache->request object
that appears to render it unusable for mod_perl
scripts outside Slash that use mod_perl and CGI.
Specifically, CGI.pm will not handle POST requests if
the request passses through that handler.

My workaround for this was to make sure the handler is
only used for Slash's scripts and the change is as
simple as

<Location ~ "^/(([^/]*)\.pl)?$">
PerlAccessHandler Slash::Apache::User
PerlLogHandler Slash::Apache::Log
</Location>

I also move the LogHandler in the config so that Slash
doesn't log requests to my other scripts (but it will
miss logs to Slash's .html .shtml etc. files).
However, crucially, my other mod_perl app runs with
Slash quite happily now that the PerlAccessHandler
isn't in the way.

Here is the diff for bin/install-slashsite if it helps

--- install-slashsite Wed May 9 19:02:34 2001
+++ install-slashsite-patch Tue May 29 22:14:39
2001
@@ -377,7 +377,9 @@

SlashVirtualUser $opts{'u'}

+ <Location ~ "^/(([^/]*)\.pl)?$">
PerlAccessHandler Slash::Apache::User
+ </Location>
PerlLogHandler Slash::Apache::Log

# this directive will redirect non-logged-in
users to

[Kevin Tam]

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Cliff tells me that Location regexp was a little
confusing... which it is =P

The point is that
mysite.com/
mysite.com/some_slash.pl
mysite.com/more_slash.pl
all get that handler which is necessary whereas
mysite.com/sub/not_slash.pl
doesn't get the PerlAccessHandler so it works properly

The regexp might also need to be adjusted in the event that
Slash is installed in a sub URL (mysite.com/slash/)

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Another way to do it:

# turn off the special slash mod_perl handlers in the
foo area
<Location /foo>
PerlAccessHandler "sub {1}"
PerlLogHandler "sub {1}"
</Location>

I think that Alvaro's patch (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/
index.php?func=detail&aid=427976&group_id=4421&
atid=304421) also potentially fixes the problem.

-nathan at thethirdsector dot com

[Brian Aker]

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The log handler and the rest are also used for non-slash
pages (like shtml).
So this is a no go.