ShibAccessControl Relative Paths

[Aaron Roots]

Scott Cantor resolved SSPCPP-425.
Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s: 2.5


Awesome turn around time - thank you greatly.


Cheers
Aaron 



On 22/02/12 2:46 PM, "Cantor, Scott" <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:

>On 2/21/12 10:03 PM, "Aaron Roots" <aaron.roots at deakin.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>Firstly sorry if I offended any - it was just an idea I found amusing and
>>thought it would keep things light.
>
>I'm not offended, I was just trying to explain that the path base location
>isn't designed to meet the requirements of this feature, it's baked into
>the support for loading any configuration file in the system, most of
>which are not part of Apache.
>
>Also, I noted that Apache commands that load files, such as group lists or
>other access control information, are loaded relative to the ServerRoot,
>not the htaccess file. I don't think the API is designed to permit loading
>things from the document tree.
>
>>Yep - I have filed a request now -
>>https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-425
>
>As I noted there, I don't think there's modern API to do what you're
>asking for. I'm going to run a quick test, but at best it's probably going
>to be inconsistent and likely a bit dangerous to use.
>
>Note that the main feature supported by the XML syntax is, I think, part
>of Apache 2.4 now. They support AND/OR containers for Require rules.
>
>-- Scott
>
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