That did it, thanks.

Tony

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Slive
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:52 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rewrite not working

On 10/5/06, Tony Heal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want http://192.168.2.106/twiki (the base directory path is
> /var/www/twiki) to go to http://192.168.2.106/twiki/bin/view (path is
> /var/www/twiki/bin/view).
>
> But what I am getting is index.html from the base directory path.
>
> I have changed the conf file to this and still no luck.
> <Directory "/var/www/twiki/">
> #        Options +FollowSymLinks
> #        DirectoryIndex index.html
> #        RewriteRule /index\.html /bin/view [R]
>         RewriteEngine on
>         RewriteRule /index\.html /bin/view [R]
>         Order Allow,Deny
>         Allow from all
> #        Deny from env=anonymous_spider
> </Directory>

Don't use RewriteRules inside <Directory> sections unless you
absolutely need to.  It just creates confusion.  Put the following
OUTSIDE any <Directory> section:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /twiki/index\.html /bin/view [R]
(Assuming the full URL-path is /twiki/index.html)

Joshua.


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