Re: Changes/Bugs in Apache?

Much easier said than done Tim - but I will try if nobody points out that it is my error or that there is a patch.

I have customers on V7R3 using this kind of URL but haven't heard of any problems from them which I why I figured I must have a flaw in my code or a bad/missing PTF.

There is no way I'm the first to encounter this surely? It is such an obvious problem.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On May 15, 2017, at 4:23 AM, Tim Rowe <timmr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jon, Open a PMR for this. Makes it much easier for the development team.
If its a bug we can fix, if its a change in Apache behavior, we can also
let you know.

Tim

Tim Rowe, timmr@xxxxxxxxxx
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i
IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
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Subject: [WEB400] Changes/Bugs in Apache?
Date: Sat, May 13, 2017 6:30 PM

I have this directive in my Apache config (actually in the vhosts but
...)

ScriptAliasMatch ^/CGI/(.*) /QSYS.LIB/PARTNER400.LIB/$1.PGM

I have not changed it (honestly) and I am sure that it has been working
for years. This might be the first time I have used it since moving to
V7R3.

When I try to use it with a REST web service (i.e. additional data in
the URL) I am getting very strange results.

This URL
[1]http://partner400.com/cgi/prodrpt2oa <[2]http://partner400.com/cgi/prodrpt2oa>
works just fine and runs the script correctly.

This one
[3]http://partner400.com/cgi/restsrv1/part1 <[4]http://partner400.com/cgi/restsrv1/part1>
gives

Not Found
The script request is not valid. The script is not executable.

The log indicates that no PGM object was identified. So just for
chuckles I added .pgm to the base URL i.e:
[5]http://partner400.com/cgi/restsrv1.pgm/part1 <[6]http://partner400.com/cgi/restsrv1.pgm/part1>

That works - kind of ... the correct routing takes place and the script
is called BUT the ".pgm" text then gets _added_ to the end of the URL.
i.e. "part1" is actually passed to the script as "part1.pgm". If I add a
/ following "part1" then ".pgm" is seen as the next element in the path.

I've searched for PTFs on the topic but am seeing nothing.

Anyone got any ideas? This is an Apache feature that we use a lot and
the .pgm workaround will not work for some scripts. For example this URL
[7]http://partner400.com/cgi/restsrv2.pgm/quantityquery/?partnum=0000011&quantity=5 <[8]http://partner400.com/cgi/restsrv2.pgm/quantityquery/?partnum=0000011&quantity=5>
tags the ".pgm" onto the end of quantityquery
<[9]http://partner400.com/cgi/restsrv2.pgm/quantityquery/?partnum=0000011&quantity=5>
even when the trailing / is present as shown.

Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

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