[Bug 113483] kpf fails to serve file names containing ~

[Tzvetan Mikov]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kpf

kpf (KDE's public file server) doesn't serve files whose names contain the character "~" and returns HTTP error 403 (forbidden). For example, setup a simple test directory and create two files:
mkdir ~/testdir
touch ~/testdir/file1.txt
touch ~/testdir/file1~beta.txt

Export testdir with kpf. Now try to get the files:
wget http://localhost:8001/file1.txt
 --- OK
wget http://localhost:8001/file1~beta.txt
--18:54:19--  http://localhost:8001/file1~beta.txt
           => `file1~beta.txt'
Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8001... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
18:54:19 ERROR 403: Forbidden.


This doesn't seem like a big problem at first, but I had to serve as an improvised package mirror from my Kubuntu laptop. kpf is the easiest way to set it up. Unfortunately some of the packages contained "~".

** Affects: kdenetwork (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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kpf fails to serve file names containing ~
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113483
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