- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:46:55 +0200
- To: <w3c-dist-auth@w3c.org>
According to HTTP, 5xx class codes are for server errors: "Response status codes beginning with the digit "5" indicate cases in which the server is aware that it has erred or is incapable of performing the request. Except when responding to a HEAD request, the server SHOULD include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and whether it is a temporary or permanent condition. User agents SHOULD display any included entity to the user. These response codes are applicable to any request method. " I'd say that this is ok for a condition like "disk full", but not necessarily for something like "quota exceeded". This is not a server error, it's just an administrative constraint that was enforced. Proposal: define a precondition DAV:quota-not-exceeded, and let the server return 403 or 409. Julian -- <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760
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