[Buffalo-pm] mod_perl2, pass control back to apache?

[joshj at linuxmail.org]

Thus spake Ben. B. on Tue, 25 Apr 2006

> I'm not 100% sure but I think what you're looking for is the DECLINED
> constant. What you would do is have your request object return
> DECLINED then apache would take over again. I learned this trick while
> using mod_perl in conjunction with HTML::Mason

That is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks man, worked like a charm.

-Josh

>
> http://www.masonhq.com/?HandlingDirectoriesWithDhandlers
>
> On 4/25/06, joshj at linuxmail.org <joshj at linuxmail.org> wrote:
>> I have a mod_perl app. I have it so that a certain directory can only be
>> accessed if the user has a valid session. If its not valid it returns an
>> Apache::Const::FORBIDDEN. Is there any way I can set this up so that
>> control of the file is somehow given back to Apache once the user's
>> session is validated? I'll try to clarify a bit:
>>
>> The user goes to get a listing of the directory. But they are not logged
>> in. They get the Forbidden page. This works fine.
>>
>> If the user is logged in then I want them to be able to get that classic
>> Apache Directory listing. Then they can click on the files and they will
>> get them.
>>
>> If I have to take care of this stuff on the Perl side then I have to
>> manually create the directory listing. Which isn't bad. but serving up
>> the files is a bit of a problem because I can't figure an easy way to
>> determing the content_type. Is there a way to get the content_type or
>> mime-type from the ApacheRequest object?
>>
>> Another option would be to proxy this to another apache server that only
>> listens on localhost and just serves up static files. Does any of this
>> sound doable?
>>
>> -Josh J
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