[hobbit] http test bug?

Henrik Stoerner henrik at hswn.dk
Mon May 9 07:40:09 CEST 2005


On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:59:00AM +0800, Vernon Everett wrote:

[http response 401 (Unauthorized) gives a green http status]

This is deliberate. The purpose of the test is to determine if the web
server is working, and sending back a 401 status (which in a browser 
would trigger a pop-up to enter a username+password) is sufficient
indication that the server is indeed working.


Henrik




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