>Number: 3923 >Category: mod_rewrite >Synopsis: mod_rewite rule disables mod_access functionality >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Fri Feb 19 09:20:00 PST 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: tested on 1.3.2 & 1.3.4 >Environment: BSD/OS ts2.golden.net 2.1 BSDI BSD/OS 2.1 Kernel #0: Mon Nov 17 15:20:31 EST 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/webserver27.1 i386 gcc version 2.7.2 >Description: A Simple rewrite rule. With this rule in place, .htaccess files do not work.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^/~(.*)$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^/cgi-bin/(.*)$ RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://welcome.golden.net/$1 [R,L] Tried diabling rewrite engine -- htaccess works. Enabled engine, no rules -- htaccess works. Plop in the above rule -- htaccess immediatly returns a 401 error. Tried IE5 vs Communicator -- no diff. here is a level 5 rewrite snippit: 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:50 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#ae034/initial] (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /~lee/fuck/ 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:50 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#ae034/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/(.*)' to uri '/~lee/fuck/' 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:50 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#ae034/initial] (4) RewriteCond: input='/~lee/fuck/' pattern='!^/~(.*)$' => not-matched 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:50 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#ae034/initial] (1) pass through /~lee/fuck/ 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /errormessage/401.html 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (3) applying pattern '^/(.*)' to uri '/errormessage/401.html' 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (4) RewriteCond: input='/errormessage/401.html' pattern='!^/~(.*)$' => matched 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (4) RewriteCond: input='/errormessage/401.html' pattern='!^/cgi-bin/(.*)$' => matched 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (2) rewrite /errormessage/401.html -> http://welcome.golden.net/errormessage/401.html 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (2) explicitly forcing redirect with http://welcome.golden.net/errormessage/401.html 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (1) escaping http://welcome.golden.net/errormessage/401.html for redirect 199.166.210.251 - - [19/Feb/1999:12:06:51 -0500] [www.golden.net/sid#85034][rid#af504/initial/redir#1] (1) redirect to http://welcome.golden.net/errormessage/401.html [REDIRECT/302] >How-To-Repeat: create a simple .htaccess and password file, and use the provided rewrite rule.. >Fix: soon? :) >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] [If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] [from a developer. ] [Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]