Closed Bug 543442 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Internal server error when trying to delete a directory without a trailing slash

Categories

(Skywriter Graveyard :: Server, defect)

Product:
Skywriter Graveyard
Component:
Server
Platform:
Other
Other
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: dangoor, Unassigned)

Details

From the mailing list:

I ran the follwoing command 'rm /SampleProject/srcweb'

The error is below:

Wasn't able to remove the file /SampleProject/srcweb
Error (probably doesn't exist):
Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, bespin@mozilla.com and inform
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done
that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error
log.
Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at bespin.mozilla.com Port 80

Bespin doesn't seem to be able to append a '/' behind srcweb to make
it srcweb/ which is the correct url. I felt that it needs a function
to auto-correct the url.
I need to know the time estimate for this bug to be resolved.I can start working on it.Is there anything I should read before hacking?
We'll want to try to fix this in the next few days so that it can land in 0.8. I think the proper fix for this is server-side. I'm thinking that the trailing slash is a good confirmation from the user that they intend to delete a directory and all of its contents.

So, the server should respond with a specific error (probably BadRequest) saying "(path) is a directory. To delete a directory, include the trailing slash (path+/)."
Target Milestone: --- → 0.8
fixed in 7d4c4404a0fb
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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