RE: problem configuring mod_rewrite rule - Apache

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Klama [mailto:fvimike@earthlink.net]
>
>Thank you for your response Owen. I am in meetings all day
>long so will not
>be able to try this until this evening. If I am not mistaken,
>what you are
>saying is that this rule will append the original root
>directory onto the
>end of what I am trying to change the directory too. This is
>not what I intended.

I guessed that...

>What I intended is to take the request which goes
>to the root
>directory of this web and at the point that it reaches that
>root directory,
>is changed to point to a lower directory which is inside the
>root directory based on the REMOTE_USER condition.

Ummm... I'm a bit lost in the subordinate clauses here (an example might be useful...) Usually, you use mod_rewrite to map a simple webspace (visible to the client) to a more complicated internal webspace, e.g.

/foobar --> /mrtechweb/foobar/index.html

to do that, use;

RewriteRule /(.*) /mrktechweb/$1/index.htm

Is this closer to what you had in mind?

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.

>
>Thanks
>Mike
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@swx.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:57 AM
>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>Subject: RE: [users@httpd] problem configuring mod_rewrite rule
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Michael Klama [mailto:nosedive@tampabay.rr.com]
>>
>>RewriteEngine on
>>RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} ^mike.*
>>RewriteRule (/*) /mrktechweb/index.htm$1
>
>Try:
>
> RewriteRule (/.*) /mrktechweb/index.htm$1
>
>It's a subtle difference but mod_rewrite uses regexp, it's not Perl ;-)
>
>By the way, this will rewrite /foo.bar as /mrktechweb/index.htmfoo.bar
>which is a bit funny....
>
>Rgds,
>Owen Boyle
>Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.
>>
>>
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>
>>As you can see this just goes on and on and on. I gets to the
>>point where
>>it will completely hang up everything on my server. Thank you
>>to all who
>>can help
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@swx.com]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Klama [mailto:fvimike@earthlink.net]
>
>Thank you for your response Owen. I am in meetings all day
>long so will not
>be able to try this until this evening. If I am not mistaken,
>what you are
>saying is that this rule will append the original root
>directory onto the
>end of what I am trying to change the directory too. This is
>not what I intended.

I guessed that...

>What I intended is to take the request which goes
>to the root
>directory of this web and at the point that it reaches that
>root directory,
>is changed to point to a lower directory which is inside the
>root directory based on the REMOTE_USER condition.

Ummm... I'm a bit lost in the subordinate clauses here (an example might be
useful...) Usually, you use mod_rewrite to map a simple webspace (visible to
the client) to a more complicated internal webspace, e.g.

/foobar --> /mrtechweb/foobar/index.html
To be exact...the URL users.mrktechweb.com will take you to the directory
/home/users/web/index.htm. Based on RewriteCond REMOTE_USER, the directory
is rewritten to /home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -or-
/home/users/web/'specified users directory'/index.htm ...as I said this will
be based on the rewrite condition
Thanks for the help
Mike


to do that, use;

RewriteRule /(.*) /mrktechweb/$1/index.htm

Is this closer to what you had in mind?

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.

>
>Thanks
>Mike
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@swx.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:57 AM
>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>Subject: RE: [users@httpd] problem configuring mod_rewrite rule
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Michael Klama [mailto:nosedive@tampabay.rr.com]
>>
>>RewriteEngine on
>>RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} ^mike.*
>>RewriteRule (/*) /mrktechweb/index.htm$1
>
>Try:
>
> RewriteRule (/.*) /mrktechweb/index.htm$1
>
>It's a subtle difference but mod_rewrite uses regexp, it's not Perl ;-)
>
>By the way, this will rewrite /foo.bar as /mrktechweb/index.htmfoo.bar
>which is a bit funny....
>
>Rgds,
>Owen Boyle
>Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.
>>
>>
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>
>>As you can see this just goes on and on and on. I gets to the
>>point where
>>it will completely hang up everything on my server. Thank you
>>to all who
>>can help
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>
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Owen,
I used the rule that you inserted below RewriteRule /(.*)
/mrktechweb/$1/index.htm and changed it to read /(.*)
$1/mrktechweb/index.htm and it actually rewrote the url correctly in the
browser but I still get the error that I do not have permission to access /
on this server. Any ideas?

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@swx.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:31 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: [users@httpd] problem configuring mod_rewrite rule

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Klama [mailto:fvimike@earthlink.net]
>
>Thank you for your response Owen. I am in meetings all day
>long so will not
>be able to try this until this evening. If I am not mistaken,
>what you are
>saying is that this rule will append the original root
>directory onto the
>end of what I am trying to change the directory too. This is
>not what I intended.

I guessed that...

>What I intended is to take the request which goes
>to the root
>directory of this web and at the point that it reaches that
>root directory,
>is changed to point to a lower directory which is inside the
>root directory based on the REMOTE_USER condition.

Ummm... I'm a bit lost in the subordinate clauses here (an example might be
useful...) Usually, you use mod_rewrite to map a simple webspace (visible to
the client) to a more complicated internal webspace, e.g.

/foobar --> /mrtechweb/foobar/index.html

to do that, use;

RewriteRule /(.*) /mrktechweb/$1/index.htm

Is this closer to what you had in mind?

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.

>
>Thanks
>Mike
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@swx.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:57 AM
>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>Subject: RE: [users@httpd] problem configuring mod_rewrite rule
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Michael Klama [mailto:nosedive@tampabay.rr.com]
>>
>>RewriteEngine on
>>RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} ^mike.*
>>RewriteRule (/*) /mrktechweb/index.htm$1
>
>Try:
>
> RewriteRule (/.*) /mrktechweb/index.htm$1
>
>It's a subtle difference but mod_rewrite uses regexp, it's not Perl ;-)
>
>By the way, this will rewrite /foo.bar as /mrktechweb/index.htmfoo.bar
>which is a bit funny....
>
>Rgds,
>Owen Boyle
>Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.
>>
>>
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) pass through /mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] strip per-dir prefix:
>>/home/users/web/mrktechweb/index.htm -> mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(3) [per-dir /home/users/web/] applying pattern '(/*)' to uri
>>'mrktechweb/index.htm'
>>(4) RewriteCond: input='mike' pattern='^mike.*' => matched
>>(2) [per-dir /home/users/web/] rewrite mrktechweb/index.htm ->
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>(1) [per-dir /home/users/web/] internal redirect with
>>/mrktechweb/index.htm
>>[INTERNAL REDIRECT]
>>
>>As you can see this just goes on and on and on. I gets to the
>>point where
>>it will completely hang up everything on my server. Thank you
>>to all who
>>can help
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>
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