id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
980	Root in Location is ignored for .gif files but accepted with php	obble.smith@…		"I noticed that root directive inside a location is ignored for files. 
a working conf.
{{{
server {
   root /var/www/plugin/;
   location /phpMyAdmin/ {
      root /var/www/plugins/;

      # Normal PHP scripts
      location ~ \.php$ {
          include fastcgi_params;
          fastcgi_pass php_workers;
          fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
      }
   }
}
}}}

With that configuration:
   * http://.../phpMyAdmin/index.php                    works.
   * http://.../phpMyAdmin/themes/test_file_created.php works.
   * http://.../phpMyAdmin/themes/dot.gif               works.



but if the server root is changed:

{{{
server {
   root /var/www/SOME_WHERE_ELSE/;       #somewhere else
   location /phpMyAdmin/ {
      root /var/www/plugins/;            #No effect on files

      # Normal PHP scripts
      location ~ \.php$ {
          include fastcgi_params;
          fastcgi_pass php_workers;
          fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
      }
   }
}
}}}
With that configuration:
   * http://.../phpMyAdmin/index.php                    works.
   * http://.../phpMyAdmin/themes/test_file_created.php works.
   * http://.../phpMyAdmin/themes/dot.gif               doesn't works 404


so when serving a file, the location's root is ignored. (also same if root is in location /{})"	defect	closed	minor		other	1.10.x	invalid			Linux debian 4.5.0-x86_64-linode65 #2 SMP Mon Mar 14 18:01:58 EDT 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux	"nginx version: nginx/1.10.0
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016 (running with OpenSSL 1.0.2h  3 May 2016)
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now' --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi --with-debug --with-pcre-jit --with-ipv6 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_dav_module --with-threads --with-http_addition_module --with-http_geoip_module=dynamic --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_sub_module --with-http_xslt_module=dynamic --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-mail=dynamic --with-mail_ssl_module --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-1.10.0/debian/modules/nginx-auth-pam --add-module=/build/nginx-1.10.0/debian/modules/nginx-dav-ext-module --add-module=/build/nginx-1.10.0/debian/modules/nginx-echo --add-module=/build/nginx-1.10.0/debian/modules/nginx-upstream-fair --add-module=/build/nginx-1.10.0/debian/modules/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module
"