id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
1414	ACLs have no effect for root location with `return 301 ...` or `rewrite ... permanent`	tiandrey@…		"I had to configure new server entry for simply redirecting clients with IPs from whitelist to another URL, and the rest of clients should have seen 403 Forbidden answer. Obvious configuration:
{{{
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name someserver.ru;
  allow 10.0.0.0/8;
  deny all;
  location {
    return 301 http://anotherurl.com;
  }
}
}}}
However, nginx with this configuration was returning 301 to all clients, even those not in allowed list.
Tried using `rewrite ^/.*$ http://anotherurl.com permanent;` instead of `return 301` - same results.
Tried moving `allow/deny` into `location / {}`, moving `return/rewrite` outside `location / {}` (e.g. into `server` context) - same results.
The only thing that changed this behavior was removing `allow` line, leaving `deny all` - after that server began answering 403 to all requests.

Finally I came to the following workaround:
{{{
server {
    listen 127.0.5.6:321;
    return 301 http://anotherurl.com;
}

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name someserver.ru;

  allow 10.0.0.0/8;
  deny all;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.5.6:321;
  }
}
}}}
But that looks crutchy, doesn't it?

There are no exceptions described in documentation, so I guess this behavior of nginx is wrong and should be fixed to respect ACLs."	defect	closed	minor		nginx-module	1.12.x	invalid	access rewrite		Linux someserver 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 (2016-10-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux	"nginx version: nginx/1.12.1
built by gcc 4.9.2 (Debian 4.9.2-10) 
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2j  26 Sep 2016
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/run/lock/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/run/shm/body_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/run/shm/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/run/shm/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/run/shm/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/run/shm/scgi_temp --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-mail --with-http_v2_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-select_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-poll_module --with-debug"