Location/locationmatch on Windows install

Hi All,

I've searched and searched and can't find any pertinent info. Please
believe me, I'm sending to this list as my last resort.

Is there some trick to location or locationmatch syntax on an Apache on
Windows installation vs. an Apache on Unix / Linux installation? I
suppose I should also tell you this is Apache built into the Oracle
Application Server, which is an older version, 1.3.31.0.0. I also have
a support ticket open with Oracle for a good week now.

I have this code, at the very end of the httpd.conf file, on a Linux
installation, and it works perfectly fine:

<LocationMatch ^.*/pls/test.*>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^8543$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543%{REQUEST_URI}
[L,R]
</LocationMatch>

The same exact version/installation of Apache on a Windows XP Server,
same code, same place in the httpd.conf file, will not work. I can
comment out the LocationMatch, and the rewrite kicks in and works fine,
but for the life of me I cannot get the LocationMatch to kick in. I've
even just tried a Location test (using just http in case https was
buggy) on a simple directory like this:

<VirtualHost *:81>
ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
DocumentRoot "D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs\testfororacl e"
DirectoryIndex index.htm
Alias /htdocs D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs/
</VirtualHost>

<Location /htdocs/testfororacle>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R]
</Location>

Works perfect when converted to Linux, will not kick in on Windows.
Unfortunately, I cannot change this Windows install to Linux. What
could I possibly be missing on the Windows side?

Many thanks in advance,
Todd

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On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 07:44 -0500, Randall, Todd wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've searched and searched and can't find any pertinent info. Please
> believe me, I'm sending to this list as my last resort.
>
> Is there some trick to location or locationmatch syntax on an Apache on
> Windows installation vs. an Apache on Unix / Linux installation? I
> suppose I should also tell you this is Apache built into the Oracle
> Application Server, which is an older version, 1.3.31.0.0. I also have
> a support ticket open with Oracle for a good week now.
>
> I have this code, at the very end of the httpd.conf file, on a Linux
> installation, and it works perfectly fine:
>
> <LocationMatch ^.*/pls/test.*>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^8543$
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543%{REQUEST_URI}
> [L,R]
> </LocationMatch>

Why a LocationMatch, instead of a RewriteCond ? Does it work with a
RewriteCond? (With LocationMatch, we have to think "did we trigger the
location match? If we did, did our RewriteRule match?", with
RewriteCond, all we have to think is "Did our cond match, what happened
when our rewrite happened", all of which can be answered by whacking on
the rewrite log and whacking up the log level.)

>
> The same exact version/installation of Apache on a Windows XP Server,
> same code, same place in the httpd.conf file, will not work. I can
> comment out the LocationMatch, and the rewrite kicks in and works fine,
> but for the life of me I cannot get the LocationMatch to kick in. I've
> even just tried a Location test (using just http in case https was
> buggy) on a simple directory like this:
>
> <VirtualHost *:81>
> ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
> DocumentRoot "D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs\testfororacl e"
> DirectoryIndex index.htm
> Alias /htdocs D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs/
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <Location /htdocs/testfororacle>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R]
> </Location>
>
> Works perfect when converted to Linux, will not kick in on Windows.
> Unfortunately, I cannot change this Windows install to Linux. What
> could I possibly be missing on the Windows side?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Todd



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Thanks Tom for the reply,

I'll have to look up how to whack up the log level and where to find the
whacked up rewrite log Seriously, though, I don't know what log
level we need to be at to get a rewrite log or whether or not I need to
specify a rewrite log location.

I used LocationMatch because I will have users coming in on lets say
these 3 "like" urls:

https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
Idon'tknow
https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8643/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
Idon'tknow
https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8743/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
Idon'tknow

Notice the differences in ports and the only difference in the url being
the port and the test/devl/prod. There might be a firewall that sits in
front that only allows world access to prod's port, whereas test and
devl access stay on the local lan.

Nothing in the application will prevent a user from typing in "test" on
the "prod" port and successfully gain access to the test side from
outside the local lan.

So a simple "fix", at least to me, was to test to see if they were
coming in on a "prod" url, make sure it is on the prod port, and if not,
simply rewrite it to be so. If they were coming in on a "test" url but
on the prod port, it'd get rewritten to test's port and the firewall
would prevent access if they were outside the local lan. If it's just
as easy to do that with rewrite conditions, I'm all ears, but I could
really use the help with syntax, I'm just a lowly Oracle DBA

Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Evans [mailto:tevans.uk@googlemail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:47 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 07:44 -0500, Randall, Todd wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've searched and searched and can't find any pertinent info. Please
> believe me, I'm sending to this list as my last resort.
>
> Is there some trick to location or locationmatch syntax on an Apache
on
> Windows installation vs. an Apache on Unix / Linux installation? I
> suppose I should also tell you this is Apache built into the Oracle
> Application Server, which is an older version, 1.3.31.0.0. I also
have
> a support ticket open with Oracle for a good week now.
>
> I have this code, at the very end of the httpd.conf file, on a Linux
> installation, and it works perfectly fine:
>
> <LocationMatch ^.*/pls/test.*>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^8543$
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543%{REQUEST_URI}
> [L,R]
> </LocationMatch>

Why a LocationMatch, instead of a RewriteCond ? Does it work with a
RewriteCond? (With LocationMatch, we have to think "did we trigger the
location match? If we did, did our RewriteRule match?", with
RewriteCond, all we have to think is "Did our cond match, what happened
when our rewrite happened", all of which can be answered by whacking on
the rewrite log and whacking up the log level.)

>
> The same exact version/installation of Apache on a Windows XP Server,
> same code, same place in the httpd.conf file, will not work. I can
> comment out the LocationMatch, and the rewrite kicks in and works
fine,
> but for the life of me I cannot get the LocationMatch to kick in.
I've
> even just tried a Location test (using just http in case https was
> buggy) on a simple directory like this:
>
> <VirtualHost *:81>
> ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
> DocumentRoot "D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs\testfororacl e"
> DirectoryIndex index.htm
> Alias /htdocs D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs/
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <Location /htdocs/testfororacle>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R]
> </Location>
>
> Works perfect when converted to Linux, will not kick in on Windows.
> Unfortunately, I cannot change this Windows install to Linux. What
> could I possibly be missing on the Windows side?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Todd



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Hi.
I am not commenting on your basic issue, but on your DocumentRoot under
Windows.
Isn't there a note somewhere in the Apache on-line configuration help
that mentions that *even under Windows*, you should use forward slashes
as directory separators ?
Like :
DocumentRoot "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/testfororacle"
instead of
DocumentRoot "D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs\testfororacl e"

(I know that I personally always use forward slashes, and it works fine;
it also saves me having to retype things when moving between Windows and
Linux).

It's a long shot, but isn't there something around there that maybe is
playing tricks with your matches or locations ?


Randall, Todd wrote:
> Thanks Tom for the reply,
>
> I'll have to look up how to whack up the log level and where to find the
> whacked up rewrite log Seriously, though, I don't know what log
> level we need to be at to get a rewrite log or whether or not I need to
> specify a rewrite log location.
>
> I used LocationMatch because I will have users coming in on lets say
> these 3 "like" urls:
>
> https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
> Idon'tknow
> https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8643/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
> Idon'tknow
> https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8743/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
> Idon'tknow
>
> Notice the differences in ports and the only difference in the url being
> the port and the test/devl/prod. There might be a firewall that sits in
> front that only allows world access to prod's port, whereas test and
> devl access stay on the local lan.
>
> Nothing in the application will prevent a user from typing in "test" on
> the "prod" port and successfully gain access to the test side from
> outside the local lan.
>
> So a simple "fix", at least to me, was to test to see if they were
> coming in on a "prod" url, make sure it is on the prod port, and if not,
> simply rewrite it to be so. If they were coming in on a "test" url but
> on the prod port, it'd get rewritten to test's port and the firewall
> would prevent access if they were outside the local lan. If it's just
> as easy to do that with rewrite conditions, I'm all ears, but I could
> really use the help with syntax, I'm just a lowly Oracle DBA
>
> Todd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Evans [mailto:tevans.uk@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:47 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install
>
> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 07:44 -0500, Randall, Todd wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've searched and searched and can't find any pertinent info. Please
>> believe me, I'm sending to this list as my last resort.
>>
>> Is there some trick to location or locationmatch syntax on an Apache
> on
>> Windows installation vs. an Apache on Unix / Linux installation? I
>> suppose I should also tell you this is Apache built into the Oracle
>> Application Server, which is an older version, 1.3.31.0.0. I also
> have
>> a support ticket open with Oracle for a good week now.
>>
>> I have this code, at the very end of the httpd.conf file, on a Linux
>> installation, and it works perfectly fine:
>>
>> <LocationMatch ^.*/pls/test.*>
>> RewriteEngine On
>> RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^8543$
>> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543%{REQUEST_URI}
>> [L,R]
>> </LocationMatch>
>
> Why a LocationMatch, instead of a RewriteCond ? Does it work with a
> RewriteCond? (With LocationMatch, we have to think "did we trigger the
> location match? If we did, did our RewriteRule match?", with
> RewriteCond, all we have to think is "Did our cond match, what happened
> when our rewrite happened", all of which can be answered by whacking on
> the rewrite log and whacking up the log level.)
>
>> The same exact version/installation of Apache on a Windows XP Server,
>> same code, same place in the httpd.conf file, will not work. I can
>> comment out the LocationMatch, and the rewrite kicks in and works
> fine,
>> but for the life of me I cannot get the LocationMatch to kick in.
> I've
>> even just tried a Location test (using just http in case https was
>> buggy) on a simple directory like this:
>>
>> <VirtualHost *:81>
>> ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
>> DocumentRoot "D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs\testfororacl e"
>> DirectoryIndex index.htm
>> Alias /htdocs D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs/
>> </VirtualHost>
>>
>> <Location /htdocs/testfororacle>
>> RewriteEngine On
>> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R]
>> </Location>
>>
>> Works perfect when converted to Linux, will not kick in on Windows.
>> Unfortunately, I cannot change this Windows install to Linux. What
>> could I possibly be missing on the Windows side?
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Todd
>
>
>
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Thanks Andre,

I'm all for trying anything at this point, no matter how far of a long shot it is.

Here was my latest test:

<VirtualHost *:81>
ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
DocumentRoot "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/testfororacle"
DirectoryIndex index.htm
Alias /htdocs D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/

<Location /htdocs>
order deny,allow
allow from all
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R]
</Location>

</VirtualHost>

I then tried going to the url http://yippidy.doodaa.com/htdocs/tes...cle/index.html hoping it would rewrite to http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en, but alas, it did not :-(

Put the exact same code in on a Linux box, it worked perfectly fine!

Todd


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-----Original Message-----
From: André Warnier [mailto:aw@ice-sa.com]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 2:48 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install

Hi.
I am not commenting on your basic issue, but on your DocumentRoot under
Windows.
Isn't there a note somewhere in the Apache on-line configuration help
that mentions that *even under Windows*, you should use forward slashes
as directory separators ?
Like :
DocumentRoot "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/testfororacle"
instead of
DocumentRoot "D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs\testfororacl e"

(I know that I personally always use forward slashes, and it works fine;
it also saves me having to retype things when moving between Windows and
Linux).

It's a long shot, but isn't there something around there that maybe is
playing tricks with your matches or locations ?


Randall, Todd wrote:
> Thanks Tom for the reply,
>
> I'll have to look up how to whack up the log level and where to find the
> whacked up rewrite log Seriously, though, I don't know what log
> level we need to be at to get a rewrite log or whether or not I need to
> specify a rewrite log location.
>
> I used LocationMatch because I will have users coming in on lets say
> these 3 "like" urls:
>
> https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
> Idon'tknow
> https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8643/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
> Idon'tknow
> https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8743/pls/...ng/moreofstuff
> Idon'tknow
>
> Notice the differences in ports and the only difference in the url being
> the port and the test/devl/prod. There might be a firewall that sits in
> front that only allows world access to prod's port, whereas test and
> devl access stay on the local lan.
>
> Nothing in the application will prevent a user from typing in "test" on
> the "prod" port and successfully gain access to the test side from
> outside the local lan.
>
> So a simple "fix", at least to me, was to test to see if they were
> coming in on a "prod" url, make sure it is on the prod port, and if not,
> simply rewrite it to be so. If they were coming in on a "test" url but
> on the prod port, it'd get rewritten to test's port and the firewall
> would prevent access if they were outside the local lan. If it's just
> as easy to do that with rewrite conditions, I'm all ears, but I could
> really use the help with syntax, I'm just a lowly Oracle DBA
>
> Todd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Evans [mailto:tevans.uk@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:47 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install
>
> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 07:44 -0500, Randall, Todd wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've searched and searched and can't find any pertinent info. Please
>> believe me, I'm sending to this list as my last resort.
>>
>> Is there some trick to location or locationmatch syntax on an Apache
> on
>> Windows installation vs. an Apache on Unix / Linux installation? I
>> suppose I should also tell you this is Apache built into the Oracle
>> Application Server, which is an older version, 1.3.31.0.0. I also
> have
>> a support ticket open with Oracle for a good week now.
>>
>> I have this code, at the very end of the httpd.conf file, on a Linux
>> installation, and it works perfectly fine:
>>
>> <LocationMatch ^.*/pls/test.*>
>> RewriteEngine On
>> RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^8543$
>> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://yippidy.doodaa.com:8543%{REQUEST_URI}
>> [L,R]
>> </LocationMatch>
>
> Why a LocationMatch, instead of a RewriteCond ? Does it work with a
> RewriteCond? (With LocationMatch, we have to think "did we trigger the
> location match? If we did, did our RewriteRule match?", with
> RewriteCond, all we have to think is "Did our cond match, what happened
> when our rewrite happened", all of which can be answered by whacking on
> the rewrite log and whacking up the log level.)
>
>> The same exact version/installation of Apache on a Windows XP Server,
>> same code, same place in the httpd.conf file, will not work. I can
>> comment out the LocationMatch, and the rewrite kicks in and works
> fine,
>> but for the life of me I cannot get the LocationMatch to kick in.
> I've
>> even just tried a Location test (using just http in case https was
>> buggy) on a simple directory like this:
>>
>> <VirtualHost *:81>
>> ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
>> DocumentRoot "D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs\testfororacl e"
>> DirectoryIndex index.htm
>> Alias /htdocs D:\oas10gR2\Apache\Apache\htdocs/
>> </VirtualHost>
>>
>> <Location /htdocs/testfororacle>
>> RewriteEngine On
>> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R]
>> </Location>
>>
>> Works perfect when converted to Linux, will not kick in on Windows.
>> Unfortunately, I cannot change this Windows install to Linux. What
>> could I possibly be missing on the Windows side?
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Todd
>
>
>
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Randall, Todd
<todd.randall@itec.suny.edu> wrote:
> Thanks Andre,
>
> I'm all for trying anything at this point, no matter how far of a long shot it is.
>
> Here was my latest test:
>
> <VirtualHost *:81>
> ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
> DocumentRoot "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/testfororacle"
> DirectoryIndex index.htm
> Alias /htdocs D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/
>
> <Location /htdocs>
> order deny,allow
> allow from all
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R]
> </Location>
>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> I then tried going to the url http://yippidy.doodaa.com/htdocs/tes...cle/index.html hoping it would rewrite to http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en, but alas, it did not :-(

Doesn't "^/" always fail to match when used inside Location/Directory
just like in htaccess?

See RewriteLog.

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Ok, I added RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel 9 and have a rewrite log now.

When I hit that URL I get:

(3) [per-dir /htdocs/] applying pattern '^/(.*)$' to uri
'd:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html'
(1) [per-dir /htdocs/] pass through
d:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html

I don't understand that, but does it confirm what you were thinking?
What should I change it to for a test?

Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:32 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Randall, Todd
<todd.randall@itec.suny.edu> wrote:
> Thanks Andre,
>
> I'm all for trying anything at this point, no matter how far of a long
shot it is.
>
> Here was my latest test:
>
> <VirtualHost *:81>
> ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
> DocumentRoot "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/testfororacle"
> DirectoryIndex index.htm
> Alias /htdocs D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/
>
> <Location /htdocs>
> order deny,allow
> allow from all
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en
[L,R]
> </Location>
>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> I then tried going to the url
http://yippidy.doodaa.com/htdocs/tes...cle/index.html hoping it
would rewrite to http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en, but alas, it
did not :-(

Doesn't "^/" always fail to match when used inside Location/Directory
just like in htaccess?

See RewriteLog.

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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Randall, Todd
<todd.randall@itec.suny.edu> wrote:
> Ok, I added RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel 9 and have a rewrite log now.
>
> When I hit that URL I get:
>
> (3) [per-dir /htdocs/] applying pattern '^/(.*)$' to uri
> 'd:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html'
> (1) [per-dir /htdocs/] pass through
> d:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html
>
> I don't understand that, but does it confirm what you were thinking?
> What should I change it to for a test?

No -- I am surprised that it's testing against something that looks
like an absolute filesystem path instead of a partial URL. To
simplify, don't put your Rewrite directives inside any
Location/Directory containers. Maybe you could pastebin the entire
log?

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It's not the rewrite I'm having the issue with. If I remove the
locationmatch or location directives it rewrites perfectly fine. For
whatever reason, I cannot get the locationmatch or location directives
to "kick in" on a windows platform install. Any unix/linux platform
install with the same exact code works perfectly fine.

I will have to google pastebin as I have no idea what that is.

Thanks again, and willing to try anything,
Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:55 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Randall, Todd
<todd.randall@itec.suny.edu> wrote:
> Ok, I added RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel 9 and have a rewrite log
now.
>
> When I hit that URL I get:
>
> (3) [per-dir /htdocs/] applying pattern '^/(.*)$' to uri
> 'd:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html'
> (1) [per-dir /htdocs/] pass through
> d:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html
>
> I don't understand that, but does it confirm what you were thinking?
> What should I change it to for a test?

No -- I am surprised that it's testing against something that looks
like an absolute filesystem path instead of a partial URL. To
simplify, don't put your Rewrite directives inside any
Location/Directory containers. Maybe you could pastebin the entire
log?

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Eric Covener
covener@gmail.com

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Eric,

Ok, I can do the pastebin thing, but I don't think we need to. New code
tested is:

<VirtualHost *:81>
ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com
DocumentRoot "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/testfororacle"
DirectoryIndex index.htm
ServerAdmin delhi@delhi.edu
Alias /htdocs D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/
RewriteLog
"D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/logs/testfororacle_rewrite.log"
RewriteLogLevel 9

#<Location /htdocs>
# order deny,allow
#allow from all
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en
[L,R]
# </Location>

</VirtualHost>

Applicable rewritelog entries are at
http://testfororacle.pastebin.com/m7540a23.

The rewrite works just fine. I'm sorry if you didn't get a chance to
read all the way into my first post, but that's consistent with what I
posted.

The issue the whole time is why locationmatch / location is hitting and
works fine on Linux and not on a Windows install. I need a
LocationMatchLog or LocationLog file!!

Todd
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-----Original Message-----
From: Randall, Todd [mailto:todd.randall@itec.suny.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:58 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: RE: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install

It's not the rewrite I'm having the issue with. If I remove the
locationmatch or location directives it rewrites perfectly fine. For
whatever reason, I cannot get the locationmatch or location directives
to "kick in" on a windows platform install. Any unix/linux platform
install with the same exact code works perfectly fine.

I will have to google pastebin as I have no idea what that is.

Thanks again, and willing to try anything,
Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:55 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Location/locationmatch on Windows install

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Randall, Todd
<todd.randall@itec.suny.edu> wrote:
> Ok, I added RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel 9 and have a rewrite log
now.
>
> When I hit that URL I get:
>
> (3) [per-dir /htdocs/] applying pattern '^/(.*)$' to uri
> 'd:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html'
> (1) [per-dir /htdocs/] pass through
> d:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html
>
> I don't understand that, but does it confirm what you were thinking?
> What should I change it to for a test?

No -- I am surprised that it's testing against something that looks
like an absolute filesystem path instead of a partial URL. To
simplify, don't put your Rewrite directives inside any
Location/Directory containers. Maybe you could pastebin the entire
log?

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Eric Covener
covener@gmail.com

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