Re: [PATCH 2/2] Smart-http: check if repository is OK to export before serving it

[Tarmigan <tarmigan+git@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> Tarmigan <tarmigan+git@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've been thinking that the not_found() to a forbidden() instead.
>
> Oh.  Interesting question.
>
> Because you can't resolve the access error by authenticating to
> the server, we may actually want to just return not_found() here
> with a message in the log of "Repository not exported: '%s'".

I'm no http expert, but isn't that what 401 would be?  From
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-10.4.4
403 Forbidden
   The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
   Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated.
   If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make
   public why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the
   reason for the refusal in the entity.  If the server does not wish to
   make this information available to the client, the status code 404
   (Not Found) can be used instead.
which to me points to 403 instead of 404.

I don't have a strong preference, and will resend with those changes
if you'd prefer 404.

Thanks,
Tarmigan