Re: WebCatalog and directory indexing
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = This is a changed behaviour since earlier versions, reported by me long time ago, and Grant promised to change it back to the old way - just reporting the URI of the missing template.IMHO it is *not* acceptable that a software reports back a full path to an end user. WebCat should of course write it to its logfile - but *never* show to anyone but admins (or those who the admins wants to share the info with).>It gives a volume path to make debugging easier. Since you can edit the >error message you can change the path specification to [thisURL] if you'd >rather have a URL path. Editing this message is probably the best way to >handle the directory indexing problem. > >John. > >>I currently have WebTen set up to disallow directory indexing (ie: if >>there's no index.html file in a directory, the user does *not* get a >>listing of all the files in the directory). This works fine except for >>those domains that require WebCatalog to process the index page. In those >>domains, if you go directory browsing instead of getting a nasty >>Forbidden message from the server, WebCat prints out: >> >>Error: template 'My Hard Drive:Some Folder:WebTen >>v2.0:WebSites:domain.com:subdirectory:index.tmpl' not found >> >>Is there any way to get WebCat to pass off control in this situation so >>that I can get the server's forbidding Forbidden message instead? Or do >>I need to edit ErrorMessages.db to emulate the style? While on the >>subject, why does WebCat give a volume-style path instead of a web path? ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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This is a changed behaviour since earlier versions, reported by me long time ago, and Grant promised to change it back to the old way - just reporting the URI of the missing template.IMHO it is *not* acceptable that a software reports back a full path to an end user. WebCat should of course write it to its logfile - but *never* show to anyone but admins (or those who the admins wants to share the info with).>It gives a volume path to make debugging easier. Since you can edit the >error message you can change the path specification to
[thisurl] if you'd >rather have a URL path. Editing this message is probably the best way to >handle the directory indexing problem. > >John. > >>I currently have WebTen set up to disallow directory indexing (ie: if >>there's no index.html file in a directory, the user does *not* get a >>listing of all the files in the directory). This works fine except for >>those domains that require WebCatalog to process the index page. In those >>domains, if you go directory browsing instead of getting a nasty >>Forbidden message from the server, WebCat prints out: >> >>Error: template 'My Hard Drive:Some Folder:WebTen >>v2.0:WebSites:domain.com:subdirectory:index.tmpl' not found >> >>Is there any way to get WebCat to pass off control in this situation so >>that I can get the server's forbidding Forbidden message instead? Or do >>I need to edit ErrorMessages.db to emulate the style? While on the >>subject, why does WebCat give a volume-style path instead of a web path? ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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