I just was rereading the Multiview definition again, for the umpteenth time, and noticed that it may not work for my problem. The original URL is https://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name/ and the file that exists URL is https://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name.html. Notice that the original URL ends in a slash so it appears as a directory and not a file. The target of the rewrite or redirect is one directory level up in a file with the name of the terminating directory in the original but has a name ending in .html.
Darryl Baker
Northwestern University
From: Darryl Philip Baker <darryl.baker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Apache httpd Users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 11:47 AM
To: Apache httpd Users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: I need help with a rewrite request
Thank you Frank.
That does look like it will do exactly what I want it to do. I am having trouble implementing it. In our development instance I created a .htaccess file with:
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options +MultiViews
</IfModule>
But when I try to browse to that directory I get a 500 error. I checked and mod_negotiation is loaded globally. So what am I doing wrong?
I am planning on implementing it as part of a Directory definition in my production environment.
Darryl Baker, GSEC, GCLD (he/him/his)
Sr. System Administrator
Distributed Application Platform Services
Northwestern University
4th Floor
2020 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60208-0801
From: Frank Gingras <thumbs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Apache httpd Users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 8:53 AM
To: Apache httpd Users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: I need help with a rewrite request
You don't need to use mod_rewrite, a simpler solution is to use multiviews:
On Wed, 28 Sept 2022 at 09:18, Darryl Philip Baker <darryl.baker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have just received a request to rewrite everything http://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name/ to http://school.northwestern.edu/faculty/name.html I believe I can bury this rule in a directory declaration for the faculty directory but I am having problems writing the exact rules to make the transform happen. My stumbling block is I do very few new rewrite rules. Most are simple modifications of existing rules. Please help.
Darryl Baker, GSEC, GCLD (he/him/his)
Sr. System Administrator
Distributed Application Platform Services
Northwestern University
4th Floor
2020 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60208-0801
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