> Take another look at mod_rewrite. This should do exactly what you want
> RewriteRule /Foo(.*) c:/Folder/Foo$1 [NC]
> (although I haven't used mod_rewrite much on win32, so I'm not
> sure about the path syntax.
I'm writing off the list because this might be configuration/support issue
...
Here is what I tried:
at the top level in configuration I have (fragments):
DocumentRoot "e:/Html/Content"
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog e:\Html\Logs\rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteRule /Bob(.*) /Bob$1 [NC]
<Directory "e:/Html/Content/Bob">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
DirectoryIndex index.html
</Directory>
In my filesystem I have the e:/Html/Bob/index.html file
To the request:
http://hera/BoB
The browser reports:
Bad request!
Your browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not
understand.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster
Error 400
hera
07/21/02 15:32:16
The rewrite log file shows (fragments):
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) init rewrite engine with requested
uri /BoB
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (3) applying pattern '/Bob(.*)' to uri
'/BoB'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) rewrite /BoB -> /Bob
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) local path result: /Bob
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#560958/initial/redir#1] (2) init rewrite engine with
requested uri /error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#560958/initial/redir#1] (3) applying pattern
'/Bob(.*)' to uri '/error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#560958/initial/redir#1] (1) pass through
/error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#567720/subreq] (2) init rewrite engine with requested
uri /error/include/top.html
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#567720/subreq] (3) applying pattern '/Bob(.*)' to uri
'/error/include/top.html'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#567720/subreq] (1) pass through
/error/include/top.html
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#567720/subreq] (2) init rewrite engine with requested
uri /error/include/bottom.html
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#567720/subreq] (3) applying pattern '/Bob(.*)' to uri
'/error/include/bottom.html'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#567720/subreq] (1) pass through
/error/include/bottom.html
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#569728/subreq] (2) init rewrite engine with requested
uri /error/contact.html.var
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#569728/subreq] (3) applying pattern '/Bob(.*)' to uri
'/error/contact.html.var'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:26:59 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#569728/subreq] (1) pass through
/error/contact.html.var
Now I modified the configuration to say:
RewriteRule /Bob(.*) /Bob$1 [NC,PT]
This time the request:
http://hera/BoB
is serverd successfully, however in the address bar I see:
http://hera/Bob/
so the rewrite made it to the user...
This is the fragment of the rewrite log this time:
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) init rewrite engine with requested
uri /BoB
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (3) applying pattern '/Bob(.*)' to uri
'/BoB'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) rewrite /BoB -> /Bob
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) forcing '/Bob' to get passed
through to next API URI-to-filename handler
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) init rewrite engine with requested
uri /Bob/
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (3) applying pattern '/Bob(.*)' to uri
'/Bob/'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) rewrite /Bob/ -> /Bob/
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#55f700/initial] (2) forcing '/Bob/' to get passed
through to next API URI-to-filename handler
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#561708/subreq] (2) init rewrite engine with requested
uri /Bob/index.html
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#561708/subreq] (3) applying pattern '/Bob(.*)' to uri
'/Bob/index.html'
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#561708/subreq] (2) rewrite /Bob/index.html ->
/Bob/index.html
192.168.2.6 - - [21/Jul/2002:15:36:49 --0400]
[hera/sid#2fb658][rid#561708/subreq] (2) forcing '/Bob/index.html' to get
passed through to next API URI-to-filename handler
So now I don't quite know what is wrong.
1. Is the [PT] necessary? From documentation I didn't understand it to be.
>From your example it didn't seem to be required either. But without it, it
just doesn't work.
2. Using rewrite I get to see the changes at the client, which is not what I
wanted. So what is wrong?
Thanx
Adrian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Slive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 21 July, 2002 14:41
Subject: Re: Case insensitive issues
>
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Adrian Grajdeanu wrote:
>
> > mod_rewrite does solve the problem of case insensitve need. However it
is
> > not what I like. It modifies the request in such a way that it is
visible to
> > the client. Why should the client care or even know the details of the
> > server and its configuration and layout? In trying to avoid such
disclosure
> > I would prefer against mod_rewrite and for mod_alias in this case. Am I
> > mistaken?
>
> Take another look at mod_rewrite. This should do exactly what you want
> RewriteRule /Foo(.*) c:/Folder/Foo$1 [NC]
> (although I haven't used mod_rewrite much on win32, so I'm not
> sure about the path syntax.
>
> In fact, I'm fairly sure that there is nothing that you can do with
> mod_alias that can't also be done with mod_rewrite.
>
> > Especially I am curious about the Location vulnerability that case
> > insensitive filesystems open up, while the Location name can be case
> > sensitive only.
>
> I solve that by telling people NEVER to use <Location> when trying to
> protect something on the filesystem. That is what <Directory> is for.
>
> Joshua.
>
