Thankyou thankyou thankyou Putting the rules in the right location made all the difference. I learnt more from your response than I did digging through all the hwoto's I could find!
Many thanks Phil On 26/12/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/23/07, Phil Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am having trouble with my first attempts at using rewrite rules under > > apache. I am not sure where I am going wrong and have spent the morning > > googling to try and figure this out. > > > > I want to rewrite > > http://www.example.com/doc/bin/view/TWiki/WebHome so it looks > > like http://www.example.com/doc/WebHome where WebHome changes > > > > I have the following in my conf file: > > ScriptAlias /doc/bin "/opt/twiki/bin" > > Alias /doc/pub "/opt/twiki/pub" > > Alias /doc "/opt/twiki" > > > > RewriteEngine On > > RewriteLogLevel 9 > > <Directory "/opt/twiki/bin"> > > RewriteRule ^doc/([A-Z].*) /doc/bin/view/$1 [PT] [L] > > > > Any clues as to what I am doing wrong? > > The error log does not contain any log entries relating to rewriting so > I > > think I am completely missing the mark... > > Phil > > The RewriteRule should begin with a slash. Multiple flags are > separated with commas, not by adding additional parameters (which > should be ignored or cause an error.) > RewriteRule ^/doc/([A-Z].*)$ /doc/bin/view/$1 [PT,L] > > The Alias commands serve content outside DocumentRoot. The Alias > commands belong after the RewriteRules (just for logic. I do not know > if the order matters.) Parameters do not require quotes. The third > command makes the second line redundant. > > Needing RewriteRule's [L] flag indicates poor design (but is needed > because sometimes the web administrator does not control the entire > design.) For sanity, do not use the same identifier for multiple > purposes. You are using "/doc/" as the external URL path and the > indicator for internal redirection. This substitution: > /doc/* -> /doc/abc/* > allows for an infinite loop. Using: > /doc/* -> /mydocs/abc/* > cannot create infinite loops, does not require the [L] flag, and does > not affect anything outside your control -- just the Alias commands. > > None of these commands belong with a Directory section. httpd cannot > decide which directory to use until after the Rewrite and Alias > commands have been processed. > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteLogLevel 9 > RewriteRule ^/doc/([A-Z].*)$ /tdocs/bin/view/$1 [PT] > RewriteRule ^/doc/(.*)$ /tdocs/$1 [PT] > ScriptAlias /tdocs/bin /opt/twiki/bin > Alias /tdocs /opt/twiki > > HTH, > solprovider > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Tel: 0400 466 952 Fax: 0433 123 226 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
