Bug 41379

Summary: Cannot browse directory tree on FreeBSD mirror site with web browser
Product: Documentation Reporter: Iwasa Kazmi <kzmi>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Remko Lodder <remko>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Iwasa Kazmi 2002-08-06 16:10:01 UTC 
Some FreeBSD mirror site allow access to directory tree with HTTP.
In many case, a link would be made from somewhere to /pub/FreeBSD.
When browsing the top directory, index.html would be displayed.
But index.html have no link to directory/file on the mirror site.

Please use another name for html file.
FreeBSD ftp directory should not contain freebsd.org's
access control policy.  It should be done by other method.
Comment 1 Jens Schweikhardt freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-08-06 21:28:40 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

Please be more specific: give an example of a mirror where this is 
the case. Specify the link, what you do exactly, and what the error 
is. Without detailed information on how to reproduce this your PR 
can not be dealt with.
Comment 2 Jens Schweikhardt 2002-08-07 17:40:18 UTC 
Iwasa-san,

[please Cc: to bug-followup@FreeBSD.org so the bug tracking system
adds your mail too the audit-trail]

# For example:
# http://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/
# 
# Above url is a top directory of mirrored directory tree.
# The page displayed at above url is same with
# ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/index.html.
# 
# Many people who guided from other page
# (ex. http://core.ring.gr.jp/ring/ftplinks.html.en )
# will see this page.
# (This is a proper usage of FreeBSD/index.html, isn't it ?)

Hmm. I'd rather say the bug is that http://core.ring.gr.jp/ring/ftplinks.html.en
uses http instead of ftp. The directory listing appears fine when the link 
associated with "FreeBSD" is ftp://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/

# This page have links to ftp.freebsd.org etc., but there is
# no link to other directories under http://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/.
# 
# You can also see "ports", "releases" directory etc. by putting url directly
# like "http://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/releases/"  if you know
# correct directory name.   But it is not true that all people can do it.
# 
# I think that a file named "index.html" should be removed from top directory.

Well, it's a valid file name and legitimate to have it there in case
someone accesses the site using the http protocol. Would you mind asking
the maintainer of core.ring.gr.jp to fix this link?

Regards,

	Jens
-- 
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SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
Comment 3 Iwasa Kazmi 2002-08-08 00:43:20 UTC 
On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 18:40:18 +0200
Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> wrote:

> # For example:
> # http://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/
> # 
> # Above url is a top directory of mirrored directory tree.
> # The page displayed at above url is same with
> # ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/index.html.
> # 
> # Many people who guided from other page
> # (ex. http://core.ring.gr.jp/ring/ftplinks.html.en )
> # will see this page.
> # (This is a proper usage of FreeBSD/index.html, isn't it ?)
> 
> Hmm. I'd rather say the bug is that http://core.ring.gr.jp/ring/ftplinks.html.en
> uses http instead of ftp. The directory listing appears fine when the link 
> associated with "FreeBSD" is ftp://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/

 It is not a bug of ring.gr.jp.
 The sites related "ring server project" are accessible in both of HTTP and FTP.


> 
> # This page have links to ftp.freebsd.org etc., but there is
> # no link to other directories under http://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/.
> # 
> # You can also see "ports", "releases" directory etc. by putting url directly
> # like "http://core.ring.gr.jp/archives/FreeBSD/releases/"  if you know
> # correct directory name.   But it is not true that all people can do it.
> # 
> # I think that a file named "index.html" should be removed from top directory.
> 
> Well, it's a valid file name and legitimate to have it there in case
> someone accesses the site using the http protocol. Would you mind asking
> the maintainer of core.ring.gr.jp to fix this link?
> 

 Leading "someone access the site using http protocol" is one of the access
control policy of ftp.freebsd.org.   Why other sites should use such access
control ?

 FreeBSD's directories should be made so that they are accessible in http.
 I think that the effort to avoid using "index.html" is the same effort
to avoid using chinese character for filename.

-- 
Iwasa Kazmi
Comment 4 Ceri Davies freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-06-08 18:57:34 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: feedback->open

Feedback has been requested and received; throw this PR back open.
Comment 5 Remko Lodder freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-10-06 16:37:38 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-www->remko

I will look into this.
Comment 6 Remko Lodder freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-10-09 17:52:50 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

Is this still an issue?
Comment 7 Remko Lodder freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-10-09 17:54:54 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed

This does not seem accurate (anymore?).  Upon Feedback request 
I noticed that the submitter's email is no longer current. 
Close the PR as it seems fixed (if it were ever broken) to me.