Closed Bug 141740 Opened 22 years ago Closed 20 years ago

"Link could not be saved" when trying to save CGI.

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
File Handling
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: pat, Assigned: law)

References

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Details

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020502
Debian/1.0rc1-3
BuildID:    RC1

When trying to save a file generated by a very simple CGI login script, I get
the error: "The link could not be saved. The waeb page might have been removed
or had its name changed". I remember that this was once a problem when viewing
source, and it would not show the generated HTML, instead the 'no-logged-in'
HTML, so I thought it could be that. I went "View Source" and it showed the
appropriate logged-in page, all was well. So I thought I would save what's in
the View Source window. Same error as in browser. Copying and pasting works! :)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to login page
2. Log in
3. Try "Save as..."

Actual Results:  "The link could not be saved. The waeb page might have been
removed or had its name changed"

Expected Results:  Save file dialog.

I classed this as 'major' because presumably some people would want to save
protected bank-account summaries and may get the same error.
You actually don't need a user and password. Just try anything u/p combo. The
error message from the script produces the same error.
To file handling, ccing blake.  This is yet another case where HEAD returns
bogus results and we should just keep on saving in spite of the error return...
Assignee: sgehani → law
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: XP Apps → File Handling
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Linux → All
QA Contact: paw → sairuh
Hardware: PC → All
Depends on: 160454
QA Contact: sairuh → petersen
If you think about this, it presents a much bigger problem if the HEAD call 
succeeds.  Guess what...it posts data AGAIN.  I'd hate to see my order get 
placed twice.
On generated Sites of eBay this error also appears and the message doesn´t stop
working. Before I worked with mozilla-win32-1.2.1-installer.exe: the error
didn´t appear.
The URL testcase gives a 404 not found.
Marking WFM. It should be fixed with the fix for bug 160454.
Reporter, if you can still reproduce the bug, with Seamonkey builds dated
2004-10-10 or later (after bug 160454 got fixed), then please reopen.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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