[JIRA] Reopened: (SSPCPP-502) Apache 2.4 post_read hook isn't run on subrequests, breaks module

[Scott Cantor (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-502?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Scott Cantor reopened SSPCPP-502:
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Still seeing issues in certain cases (see list thread on /secure URL access).

> Apache 2.4 post_read hook isn't run on subrequests, breaks module
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>                 Key: SSPCPP-502
>                 URL: https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-502
>             Project: Shibboleth SP - C++
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Web Server Modules
>    Affects Versions: 2.5.0
>            Reporter: Scott Cantor
>            Assignee: Scott Cantor
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 2.5.1
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>   Original Estimate: 4 hours
>          Time Spent: 4 hours
>  Remaining Estimate: 0 minutes
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> The 2.4 module support relies on the post_read hook to initialize the module request_config structure and the ShibTargetApache shim object, which is then reused across all the various hooks.
> When a request for a directory URL is sent, the server internally generates a subrequest to the default index.html page, and the request_config is no longer present, but the post_read hook never runs.
> Testing suggests that check_user still runs, so we need to:
> - fix the 2.4 "base" authz hook to handle the uninitialized case less fatally
> - make sure the check_user hook can create the objects needed itself without relying on the post_read hook

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