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diff --git a/doc/forum/Forward_slashes_being_escaped_as_252F.mdwn b/doc/forum/Forward_slashes_being_escaped_as_252F.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5df81e561 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Forward_slashes_being_escaped_as_252F.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +When I try to edit a page that has a forward slash in the URL, I get "Error: +bad page name". I think the problem is because the forward slash is escaped as +`%252F` instead of `%2F`. + +For example, if I go to `http://ciffer.net/~svend/tech/hosts/` and click Edit, +I am sent to a page with the URL +`http://ciffer.net/~svend/ikiwiki.cgi?page=tech%252Fhosts&do=edit`. + +I am running ikiwiki 3.20100504~bpo50+1 on Debian Lenny. + + +> But on your page, the Edit link is escaped normally and correctly (using %2F). +> Look at the page source! +> +> The problem is that your web server is forcing a hard (302) redirect +> to the doubly-escaped url. In wireshark I see your web server send back: + + HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\n + Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) PHP/5.2.6-1+lenny9 with Suhosin-Patch + Location: http://ciffer.net/~svend/ikiwiki.cgi?page=tech%252Fhosts&do=edit + +> You'll need to investigate why your web server is doing that... --[[Joey]] + +>> Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have the following redirect +>> in my Apache config. + + RewriteEngine on + RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.ciffer\.net$ + RewriteRule /(.*) http://ciffer.net/$1 [L,R] + +>> and my ikiwiki url setting contained `www.ciffer.net`, which was causing the +>> redirect. Correcting the url fixed the problem. I'm still not sure why +>> Apache was mangling the URL. --[[Svend]] |