On May 18, 2004, at 2:09 AM, Manuel Kasper wrote:

> You can't put anything in /usr/local/captiveportal as mini_httpd for
> the captive portal has been modified to always execute index.php as a
> CGI, regardless of which file has been requested (this is necessary
> for transparent redirection). You need to put images on a separate
> server somewhere and then allow that IP address to be accessed in the
> captive portal config.
>
> - Manuel
>

I'm not sure this is strictly necessary. The http server can redirect 
anything that doesn't exists, or is directed at another host.

So, if you try to access http://www.apple.com, it gets redirected to 
index.php, since its targeting another host. Same is true for 
http://192.168.1.1/test.php since it is targeting a page that doesn't 
exists. But http://192.168.1.1/image.jpg, if it exists, should be 
served.

I'm not sure if there is any other reason for your original decision, 
but if its just a matter of transparent redirection, perhaps the above 
algorithm would work better.


Dana Spiegel
Director, NYCwireless
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