XML-quote error messages sent through XrdHttp

src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpReq.cc

@@ -639,8 +639,12 @@ bool XrdHttpReq::Error(XrdXrootd::Bridge::Context &info, //!< the result context
 
   xrdresp = kXR_error;
   xrderrcode = (XErrorCode) ecode;
-  obfuscatepath(this->etext, etext_);
 
+  if (etext_) {
+    char *s = escapeXML(etext_);
+    this->etext = s;
+    free(s);
+  }
 
   if (PostProcessHTTPReq()) reset();
 

src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpUtils.cc

@@ -439,32 +439,3 @@ char *escapeXML(const char *str) {
 
 
 
-// If the text contains a path then it will not be seen as such by wannabe security tests
-// Returns the number of chars that have been substituted
-int obfuscatepath(std::string &strout, const char *strin) {
-  int l = strlen(strin);
-  strout.clear();
-  int i, j = 0;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-    const char c = strin[i];
-
-    switch (c) {
-      case '/':
-        strout.append(" / ");
-        j++;
-        break;
-      case '\\':
-        strout.append(" \\ ");
-        j++;
-        break;
-      default:
-        strout.push_back(c);
-    }
-  }
-
-
-  return j;
-}
-
-

src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpUtils.hh

@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ char *unquote(char *str);
 char *escapeXML(const char *str);
 
 
-// If the text contains a path then it will not be seen as such by wannabe security tests
-// // Returns the number of chars that have been substituted
-int obfuscatepath(std::string &, const char *);
 
 #endif	/* XRDHTTPUTILS_HH */