Fix (APAR):  PQ69774

Status:  Fix

Release:  3.5.6,3.5.5,3.5.4,3.5.3

Operating System:  AIX

Supersedes Fixes:  



CMVC Defect:  PQ69774

Byte size of APAR:  1436943

Date: 2003-08-28

Abstract:  WAS doesn't allow limit on POST size

Description/symptom of problem:  You can't limit the size of POSTs for requests being
handled by WebSphere using normal web server directives.
This fix allows customers to set a post size limit per 
server group in the plugin configuration files.  As an
example, if you want to limit the size of POST requests
to 10000 bytes for a server group named "ibmoselink", you
can add the following directive to the queues.properties
file:
       ose.srvgrp.ibmoselink.postsizelimit=10000

   The general form of this is:

	ose.srvgrp.<group name>.postsizelimit=<limit in bytes>

   If the postsizelimit is unspecified for a server group,
there will be no size limit on that server group.



Directions to apply fix:  1) Stop your webserver.

2) Make backup copy of the shared libraries in the 
   WAS_ROOT/bin directory.

3) As root, run "slibclean".

4) Copy the shared libraries from the efix tar file to
   the WAS_ROOT/bin directory.

5) Add any postsizelimit directives desired.

6) Restart the webserver.



Directions to remove fix:  1) Shut down the web server.

2) As root, run "slibclean"

3) Copy the backup shared libraries from the install step
   to the WAS_ROOT/bin directory.

4) Remove any references to postsizelimit in the queues.properties
   file.

5) Restart the web server.



Directions to re-apply fix:  See "Directions to apply fix"



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