256834 - Cannot open URL containing backslash \

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 192816

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Anh-Duong Nguyen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8

Browse the link http://www.bgkq.net/kqngoaitruyen\Gman_TruongTay_My.htm
Firefox cannot locate the file, while IE can

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Browse this link with IE
   http://www.bgkq.net/kqngoaitruyen\Gman_TruongTay_My.htm
   It works
2. Browse the same link with Firefox
   We got
Not Found
The requested URL /kqngoaitruyen\Gman_TruongTay_My.htm was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an
ErrorDocument to handle the request. 

3. I think in Firefox, you replace \ by %5C systematically in the URL
Actual Results:  
Not Found
The requested URL /kqngoaitruyen\Gman_TruongTay_My.htm was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an
ErrorDocument to handle the request. 


Expected Results:  
Maybe the \ is wrong in the standard syntax of URL, but we can try to correct
it, or ignore and replace it by /, then continue

This bug can reproduce under any computer's configurations.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

The correct link is http://www.bgkq.net/kqngoaitruyen%5CGman_TruongTay_My.htm,
so with \ it is only a typo. Why should Moz/FF automatically change the user's
input?

So it is a duplicate of Bug 192816 or WONTFIX (see bug 32895 comment 29, Bug 93197)

Comment 2

[Bill Mason]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 192816 ***

Comment 3

[OstGote!]

(In reply to comment #1)
> The correct link is http://www.bgkq.net/kqngoaitruyen%5CGman_TruongTay_My.htm,
Sure I mean http://www.bgkq.net/kqngoaitruyen/Gman_TruongTay_My.htm.