On 22 August 2011 14:59, Jeroen Geilman <jeroen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2011-08-22 23:55, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: >> You nailed it. All those Rewrite* options need to be in the virtual >> host. Then it works. >> >> This is surprising. I had assumed that anything outside of a virtual >> host was a global setting and the virtual host settings overrode those >> global settings where appropriate. > > Except that RewriteEngine ON is NOT inherited. > It must occur anew in every vhost the global rules need to apply to. > As documented... Now that I check again, it is indeed documented. It wouldn't hurt to make that third line bold or something. :-) >> Can you recommend anything to read that handles such basic concepts? >> The Apache docs are extensive but clearly you need to have a certain >> foundation of basic Apache knowledge. > > No, it's all in the official documentation. > Start at the main portal and read the various howtos and guides before > diving into specific reference sections: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ I guess I hit sort of an (documented) exception. Please ignore that whole paragraph, I should have gone a bit slower and read a bit more before jumping in. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx