PR#353: fix problem with symlink -> directory with .htaccess disallowing

symlinks.

This fix was inadvertantly committed to http_request.c a few days ago.

Reviewed by:  Brian

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/1.3@78421 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES b/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES
index 5888a201ae5302fa556997ef9ae200e85ab50ae2..a70e56cf6bc5e6fd7b95b66c82cf5e1bb51f1c71 100644 (file)
--- a/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES
+++ b/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Changes with Apache 1.2.1
      for the net if we require people that actually need this data to
      enable it.  [Linus Torvalds]
 
+  *) CONFIG: If a symlink pointed to a directory then it would be disallowed
+     if it contained a .htaccess disallowing symlinks.  This is contrary
+     to the rule that symlink permissions are tested with the symlink
+     options of the parent directory.  [Dean Gaudet] PR#353
+
   *) QUERY_STRING was unescaped in mod_include, it shouldn't be.
      [Dean Gaudet] PR#644