Bug 973411 - mod_auth_form loses POST request body before login page can be created
Summary: mod_auth_form loses POST request body before login page can be created
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: httpd
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Joe Orton
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-06-11 21:32 UTC by David Mansfield
Modified: 2014-02-05 21:46 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-02-05 21:46:51 UTC
Type: Bug
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works- (1.64 KB, patch)
2013-06-11 21:33 UTC, David Mansfield
no flags Details | Diff


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Apache Bugzilla 53692 0 None None None Never

Description David Mansfield 2013-06-11 21:32:17 UTC
Description of problem:

When attempting to use "Inline Login with Body Preservation" (when a POST to a 
protected resource is intercepted with a login page, and then the POST is resent to the resource after the login page is submitted), the original POST body of the first request is dropped by apache.

This is an upstream bug, and I would not normally do this, but all attempts to get the httpd team to pay any attention to the bug (and the proposed fix) have failed.

I have put a test case in the upstream bug, a proposed fix, and sent numerous requests for help to the mailing lists etc. All to no avail.

There is a "unverified" fix available (made by be) in the upstream bug, but I don't have the apache internals expertise to verify it doesn't break something, but it works for me.

I use RHEL and Fedora, so I don't really care if upstream gets fixed (well, not true, but I did really try).

Upstream bug: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53692

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
httpd-2.4.4-3.fc18.x86_64


How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use the test case in the upstream bug.
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Actual results:
POST is dropped, and coverted to a GET.

Expected results:
POST body is available to login.cgi (or whatever is rendering the login page).

Additional info:

Comment 1 David Mansfield 2013-06-11 21:33:09 UTC
Created attachment 759870 [details]
works-

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