It should be similar to the grep example you had earlier, so: LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so From: james pruett [mailto:gpscruise@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 1:57 PM Cc: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: old solaris box (but heavily used) Thanks for continued help! Do I add this or this? LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so ----------------mod_rewrite.so exists in both places already----------------------- mktpricing:/usr % find -L apach* -name mod_rewrite.so | xargs ls -lrt -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 68320 Feb 26 2014 apache/libexec/mod_rewrite.so -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 61272 Sep 24 2014 apache2/libexec/mod_rewrite.so On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Scott Birl <sbirl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: James: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_alias.html#redirect mod_alias for Redirect or RedirectMatch And since you have dynamic loading of modules enabled, yes, you can "turn on" the alias module without the need of re-compiling Apache from scratch. From: james pruett [mailto:gpscruise@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 12:03 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: old solaris box (but heavily used) Hi, My boss wants us to provide a redirect page for use during site-maintanance. I assume this means I need to add mod_rewrite. Q:Can I add mod_rewrite to my server without re-compiling? Thanks for any leads. I really appreciate it. I usually tip if that is an option. I insist! Jim Pruett These are my notes so far...... ---------------Solaris uses libexec, not modules directory----------------- % grep ^LoadModule /etc/apache2/httpd.conf-example | grep rewrite LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so ---------to load modules----apache extension tool---------------- mktpricing:/usr % find apache* -name apxs apache/bin/apxs apache2/bin/apxs --------my setup-------------------- mktpricing:/etc/apache % uname -a SunOS mktpricing 5.10 Generic_150400-20 sun4v sparc sun4v mktpricing:/etc/apache % /usr/apache2/bin/apachectl -l Compiled in modules: core.c prefork.c http_core.c mod_so.c mktpricing:/etc/apache % /usr/apache2/bin/apachectl -V Server version: Apache/2.0.63 Server built: Sep 15 2014 10:00:47 Server's Module Magic Number: 20020903:13 Server loaded: APR 0.9.17, APR-UTIL 0.9.15 Compiled using: APR 0.9.17, APR-UTIL 0.9.15 Architecture: 32-bit Server compiled with.... -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork" -D APR_HAS_MMAP -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) -D APR_USE_FCNTL_SERIALIZE -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/apache2" -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/apache2/bin/suexec" -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/apache2/httpd.pid" -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="/var/run/apache2/accept.lock" -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache2/mime.types" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache2/httpd.conf" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx