Re: Conflict between Alias, <Directory>, and RewriteRule hides local directory from Apache httpd?

[Hedley Finger <hedley.finger@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 January 2013 00:55, Nick Kew <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:39:06 +0100
Daniel Gruno <rumble@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Top posting, as this is a long email.
> Please see:
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html#flag_pt

Daniel: According to the PT flag documentation, when RewriteRule is defined inside a <Directory ...>, PT is automatically applied.  Still getting a 404 Not Found with PT actually specified.

 

Disagree.  This is a case of overcomplicating: there's no excuse

to play with mod_rewrite, and it's not even clear that the use of
alias isn't a sticking-plaster over a less-than-optimal
arrangement of the filesystem.

I know nothing about Apache httpd and .conf files. The ledgersmb-httpd.conf file is supplied by the developers as is. Installation onto Windows is complicated by having to translate Ubuntu instructions into their Windows equivalents. Not easy.

A pointer to DirectoryIndex (and perhaps FallbackResource)
would seem more useful.

Thanks.  I'll try to nut this out.

 

Oh, and I'd be worrying about that mixing of cases introducing bugs.

Why? As Gertrude Stein said, "A string is a string is a string." Although Windows likes to capitalise the first letter of a directory name even if typed in lower-case, the paths given in my first post are all explicit capitalisation.

Regards,

Hedley

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