what does your rewrite log file say? If you add RewriteEngine on RewriteLog "/usr/local/var/apache/logs/rewrite.log" <<--- change this to your appropriate path RewriteLogLevel 9 <<-- use level 9 only for debugging. RewriteRule ^/old/(.*) http://ukrbcsr01/$1 [P] <<-- make sure you don't pick up the next rules, i'd use [P,L] if the proxy was success, you would see something like this in your rewrite log 127.0.0.1 - - [06/Jun/2005:10:20:56 --0700] [localhost/sid#23c458][rid#82fa40/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/old/(.*)' to uri '/old/something' 127.0.0.1 - - [06/Jun/2005:10:20:56 --0700] [localhost/sid#23c458][rid#82fa40/initial] (2) rewrite /old/something -> http://ukrbcsr01/something 127.0.0.1 - - [06/Jun/2005:10:20:56 --0700] [localhost/sid#23c458][rid#82fa40/initial] (2) forcing proxy-throughput with http://ukrbcsr01/something -----Original Message----- From: Arne Heizmann [mailto:Arne.Heizmann@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:46 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] RewriteRule problems Hi, I get a 403 Forbidden when trying to use a RewriteRule to proxy a request to another server. I have two servers, ukrbcsr01 and ukrbcsr02. ukrbcsr02 is accessible from the outside, ukrbcsr01 isn't. Their LAN IPs are 192.168.0.131 and 192.168.0.132, respectively. I can access one from the other, so I know that both Apaches are running correctly and the LAN is working. Now I added the following RewriteRule to ukrbcsr02: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/old/(.*) http://ukrbcsr01/$1 [P] I was hoping that [P] would work to proxy the request to the other server, but what I get instead is a 403 Forbidden when I try to access /old/something. I get the same 403 even when I stop the Apache on ukrbcsr01, so it must be ukrbcsr02 that generates the Forbidden message without even attempting to proxy the request. Thanks for any advice you can give. Arne Heizmann ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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