POST not allowed (was Re: Location problems)

[Igor Clark]

Hi folks,

The following configuration is giving me 405 Not Allowed errors when I  
try to POST to any URI.

I'm guessing that it thinks the URLs are static, but I don't know why.

Example URI is /admin/clips/edit/63 - but I've tried posting to / with  
the same result.

Nothing is written to the error_log, even on "info" or "notice",  
though the 405 appears in access_log.

I've tried it with fastcgi_intercept_errors and recursive_error_pages  
both off, with the same result.

Any ideas on how to fix it would be very welcome.
Thanks very much!
Igor


	server {
		listen		80;
		server_name	my.web.site;

		access_log	/path/to/logs/access.log	main;
		error_log	/path/to/logs/error.log		info;

		root		/path/to/public;

		# enable nginx to serve custom error pages
		# on receiving HTTP error codes from back-end
		fastcgi_intercept_errors	on;
		recursive_error_pages		on;

		# show custom error pages
		error_page	403		/403.html;
		error_page	404		/404.html;
		error_page	500		/500.html;

		# deny public access to frontend script
		location /frontend.php	{
			internal;
		}

		# deny public access to admin script
		location /admin.php	{
			internal;
		}

		# serve standard files standardly.
		# if file not found, fall back to php app using (rewrite if  
neceessary) URL
		location / {
			rewrite	^/$					/financethemes/index;
			rewrite	^/speakers/((?!video).+)/?$		/speakers/video/$1;
			rewrite	^/financethemes/((?!video|index).+)/?$	/financethemes/video/ 
$1;
			rewrite	^/transcripts/(speaker|theme)/(.+)/?$	/transcripts/view/ 
$1/$2;

			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
		}

		# serve not found urls using /frontend.php script
		location @phpapp {
			fastcgi_pass	127.0.0.1:8888;
			fastcgi_param	SCRIPT_FILENAME		$document_root/frontend.php;
			fastcgi_param	QUERY_STRING		CONTROL_PATH=$uri;
			include		conf/fastcgi_params
		}

		# IP-restrict anything under /admin
		location /admin {
			allow	1.2.3.4;
			deny	all;

			rewrite	^/admin/?$	/admin/clips/all;
			
			error_page	404 =	@adminapp;
		}

		# serve admin app using /admin.php;
		location @adminapp {
			fastcgi_pass	127.0.0.1:8888;
			fastcgi_param	SCRIPT_FILENAME		$document_root/admin.php;
			fastcgi_param	QUERY_STRING		CONTROL_PATH=$uri;
			include		conf/fastcgi_params;
		}

		# use the FLV module for flv files
		location ~ \.flv$ {
			flv;
		}

		# deny access to .svn dirs
		location ~ /\.svn {
			deny	all;
		}
	}