Another auth/location question - probably very simple to fix :)

[Igor Sysoev]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 12:50:54AM -0700, mike wrote:

> On 8/17/08, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> 
> > The three following configuration do not work without the patch:
> >
> > (yours with regex)
> >
> >   location ~ /wordpress/wp-admin {
> >       auth
> >
> >       location ~ \.php$ {
> >          fastcgi
> >       }
> >   }
> >
> >   location ~ \.php$ {
> >      fastcgi
> >   }
> >
> > (disable regex ^~)
> >
> >   location ^~ /wordpress/wp-admin {
> >       auth
> >
> >       location ~ \.php$ {
> >          fastcgi
> >       }
> >   }
> >
> >   location ~ \.php$ {
> >      fastcgi
> >   }
> >
> > (static locations)
> >
> >   location /wordpress/wp-admin {
> >       auth
> >
> >       location ~ \.php$ {
> >          fastcgi
> >       }
> >   }
> >
> >   location ~ \.php$ {
> >      fastcgi
> >   }
> 
> okay, so which out of these is the most efficient method? Maybe our
> language barrier is confusing me but I am not sure which method you
> are recommending or are saying is fixed/not fixed/the proper way...

The more effective is second method (using ^~).

The inclusive patch fixes all threee above configuration.
If you look at configuration schema

   location ??? /wordpress/wp-admin {

       (1)

       location ~ \.php$ {
            (2)
          }
      }
    
      location ~ \.php$ {
         (3)
      }

then without the patch a request /wordpress/wp-admin/some.php
*) will be handled as (1) if you replace "???" with "^~",
*) will be handled as (3) if you replace "???" with "~",
*) will be handled as (3) if you omit "???" at all.

The patch force to handle the request in (2) always.


-- 
Igor Sysoev
http://sysoev.ru/en/