TYPO3 Core

• TYPO3 6.2.25
• Configured 404 Handling
  

  $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['FE']['pageNotFound_handling'] = '/some/page/404.php';
  $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['FE']['pageNotFound_handling_statheader'] = 'HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found';
  

• Tree with protected pages
  

  |
  |-ID 1: Page Root (mydomain.com)
    |- ID 2: Login Page (not protected by group, public access)
       |- ID 3: Restricted Area (protected, visible for special fe group, assigned after login)
          |- ID 4: Some page in protected area
  

• if i'am not logged in
• trying to call http://www.mydomain.com?id=3, which is a protected page
• I will get the configured 404 page instead of the content of ID 2
• I expect the content of ID 2, cause it is the first non protected page in the root line
• The same configuration works fine with TYPO3 6.2.2

• investigating typo3_6.2.25/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Controller/TypoScriptFrontendController.php (Lines 1697-1701)
• Found section
  

  
              } else {
                  $el = reset($this->rootLine);
                  $this->id = $el['uid'];
                  $this->page = $this->sys_page->getPage($this->id);
                  $this->rootLine = $this->sys_page->getRootLine($this->id, $this->MP);
              }
  

• This is the part where the correct page (ID 2) is determined
• due to $this->pageNotFound has the value 2 here, the 404 handler is triggered (i guess)
• setting $this->pageNotFound=0 here solves my problem

(?) Could you please evaluate this solution?