How about this one: mv ao/* . I'd figure its absolute links causing the problem after reading this a few times. If you run a rewrite as you state, it will redirect the root only. Meaning if you go to the site's root, it will push you to /ao/, but any links you click (if it is not a relative site link), will be looked for in root as it does not match the rewrite rule. ^/$ - means ONLY / ^/the/url/i/click/$ - is a completely different regex. Why not just move it to root as I say up top, if in fact this is the problem. I think anything more than that would require conditions. Joshua would be able to add more than I on that. -----Original Message----- From: jslive@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:17 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] redirect document root On 6/7/05, Heiner.Amthauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <Heiner.Amthauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I have an application running at the web context /ao/, however, it is > originally designed to run on /. I've tried to use the rewriting-engine with > the statement > > RewriteRule ^/$ /ao/ [R] > > however, it does not work. Are there any other tricks? This is not a good problem description. What exactly is the problem you are trying to solve? Is it absolute links in your application? What exactly do the links look like? What do you get in the error and access log when you try to run it? Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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