Re: ImageDirSecure doesn't work

[mikeh@minivend.com]

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Quoting Alan Curry (pacman-mvend@cqc.com):
> 
> Tracing things back a little further, I see that ImageDirSecure is used when
> something called Https_on is true. In Http.pm, Https_on is associated with
> the string "HTTPS" in a table which looks like a list of CGI environment
> variables.
> 
> I take this to mean that an SSL web server is supposed to set the HTTPS
> environment variable for CGIs. Did I get this right? because my web server
> isn't setting that variable. If that's the problem, I can start harassing my
> web server vendor (RedHat) for a fix.

This is correct; that is how we determine whether ImageDirSecure is
appropriate. A similar principle is in effect when deciding whether
to munge the VendURL and SecureURL.

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