Frank Z wrote:
is there a way via RewriteRule to force all access to a certain URL to return with a HTTP 500
e.g. i have a number 3 applications that are or will be obsoleted and is
expected to return a 500 to all callers who try to access it.
so when someone tries to access a deprecated URL such as http://myserver/myApp1
I would like to send back a 500 and preferably some textual information (nice
to have).
Will it be possible to do this via mod_rewrite?
It is certainly possible with mod_rewrite, but why don't you just create
a little cgi script which returns whatever you want ?
Or just set an Alias ?
Alias /my/former/page "/var/www/docs/special/my-error-page.html"
Otherwise, a 500 is a "server error", which is probably not appropriate
here. You should look for a more appropriate error code, maybe in the
300 series ? See RFC 2616. According to the HTTP specs, not all error
codes admit a response body. Also a tip : if you return an error page,
make sure it is larger than 1024 bytes or so, otherwise Internet
Explorer will substitute it with a "friendly error page" which doesn't
say anything helpful.
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