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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/404_plugin_should_handle_403.mdwn | 10 |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/404_plugin_should_handle_403.mdwn b/doc/bugs/404_plugin_should_handle_403.mdwn index 71aed632e..50288e525 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/404_plugin_should_handle_403.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/404_plugin_should_handle_403.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ -Apache will return 403 (Forbidden) instead of 404 (Not Found) if the `Indexes` option is turned off. This is because with `Indexes` turned on, it considers it something it *might* be able to serve in the future. With `Indexes` off, it will never serve that page in the future (unless `Indexes` is turned back on). +Apache will return 403 (Forbidden) instead of 404 (Not Found) if the +`Indexes` option is turned off. This is because with `Indexes` turned on, +it considers it something it *might* be able to serve in the future. With +`Indexes` off, it will never serve that page in the future (unless +`Indexes` is turned back on). The [[404 plugin|plugins/404]] code only checks for 404, not 403. It should check for both. +> There are plenty of reasons a web server might 403. In most of those +> cases, trying to create a page where the forbidden content is is not the +> right thing for ikiwiki to do. --[[Joey]] + See Also: * [StackOverflow: 404-vs-403](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5075300/404-vs-403-when-directory-index-is-missing) |