Either a bug, or a subtlety we're both missing...
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> From jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com Wed Nov 1 06:10:10 1995
> Message-Id: <9511011412.AA14570@immsb100.canada.dg.com>
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> From: "Jim Carroll" <jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com>
> Organization: Data General (Canada) Inc.
> To: apache-bugs@hyperreal.com
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 10:07:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: Apache on DG/UX
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> Rumour has it that on 31 Oct 95 at 16:40, Rob Hartill said:
>
> > Does /.denied.html exist?
>
> Sorry, should have mentioned that yes, it exists.
>
> > I looked for http://www.dg.com/.denied.html but it didn't exist.
>
> Actually, it's at http://redman.canada.dg.com/.denied.html (which you
> won't be able to access, since it's internal, not external).
>
> When I access it directly, this is what I get:
>
> 403 Forbidden
>
> Your client does not have permission to access this server.
>
> If you would like access, contact the Webmaster.
>
> And "Webmaster" is a link to "mailto:jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com".
> This is exactly what I want the denied user to see.
>
> So, explicitly accessing it works, yet, implicitly accessing it (from
> being denied access), doesn't.
>
> > Was that what you meant it to point at?
>
> Yup.
>
> --
> == Jim Carroll - jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com ==
> == From Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ==
> == I don't necessarily speak for DG, and vice-versa. ==
> ## The more I learn, the less I know. ##
> ## Eventually I'll know everything about nothing. ##
>
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> From jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com Wed Nov 1 06:10:10 1995
> Message-Id: <9511011412.AA14570@immsb100.canada.dg.com>
> Comments: Authenticated sender is <jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com>
> From: "Jim Carroll" <jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com>
> Organization: Data General (Canada) Inc.
> To: apache-bugs@hyperreal.com
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 10:07:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: Apache on DG/UX
> Reply-To: jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com
> Priority: normal
> X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.01)
>
> Rumour has it that on 31 Oct 95 at 16:40, Rob Hartill said:
>
> > Does /.denied.html exist?
>
> Sorry, should have mentioned that yes, it exists.
>
> > I looked for http://www.dg.com/.denied.html but it didn't exist.
>
> Actually, it's at http://redman.canada.dg.com/.denied.html (which you
> won't be able to access, since it's internal, not external).
>
> When I access it directly, this is what I get:
>
> 403 Forbidden
>
> Your client does not have permission to access this server.
>
> If you would like access, contact the Webmaster.
>
> And "Webmaster" is a link to "mailto:jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com".
> This is exactly what I want the denied user to see.
>
> So, explicitly accessing it works, yet, implicitly accessing it (from
> being denied access), doesn't.
>
> > Was that what you meant it to point at?
>
> Yup.
>
> --
> == Jim Carroll - jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com ==
> == From Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ==
> == I don't necessarily speak for DG, and vice-versa. ==
> ## The more I learn, the less I know. ##
> ## Eventually I'll know everything about nothing. ##
>