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diff --git a/doc/forum/error_302___40__Found__41___when_editing_page.mdwn b/doc/forum/error_302___40__Found__41___when_editing_page.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..28093f92b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/error_302___40__Found__41___when_editing_page.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +I have an [IkiWiki site](http://ocikbapps.uzh.ch/gc3wiki), which works +fine, except for one page which I cannot edit with the CGI. Only this +single page is failing, editing every other works as expected. + +When clicking every button (well, except "Cancel") on the edit form, I +get a "302 Found" page in the browser; the Apache logs show: + + [client XXX] malformed header from script. Bad header=according%20to%20the%20availab: ikiwiki.cgi + +Capturing the output from `ikiwiki.cgi`, I see that just these two +lines are sent: + + Status: 302 Found + Location: https://ocikbapps.uzh.ch/gc3wiki/ikiwiki.auth.cgi?_submitted=1;do=edit;..;_submit=Preview;attachment= + +The total size in bytes of the reply is 16189; I thought this might be +an issue with Apache imposing some limit on the header size; indeed, +`tcpflow` shows that the "302 Found" message is encapsulated into an +HTTP 500 "internal server error" response. + +So I added this to Apache's config (std Debian 6.0): + + # cat /etc/apache2/conf.d/limits.conf + LimitRequestFieldSize 65534 + LimitRequestLine 65534 + +But I'm still getting the same error. + +Any suggestions? |