> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael D. Berger [mailto:m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx] [...] > [...] > > From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx] > [...] > > Michael D. Berger wrote: > > > The following: > > > > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/picts/.*$ > > > RewriteRule ^/(.*/)?$ /index.cgi [L] > > > > > > sends > > > GET /favicon.ico > > > to index.cgi . I would not expect this because it > > > does not appear to match any pattern. Wherein do > > > I err? > > > > The REQUEST_URI is /favicon.ico, and this matches > > !^.*/picts/.*$ - that > > is, it's a string that doesn't contain /picts/ anywhere in it. > > It also matches the RewriteRule pattern ^/(.*/)?$ because it > > starts with > > a slash, and doesn't contain the optional "something followed > > by a slash". > > So, according to this ruleset, it's supposed to rewrite that > > to /index.cgi > > > > So it seems that it's doing exactly what you asked for it to do. > > > > The real question is what you're trying to do with this > > rewrite ruleset, > > since that's not really evident. > > The picts line is functioning as expected. Such lines are > handled differently elsewhere. With regard to the RewriteRule > line, this is functioning correctly only of you ignore the > '$' end-of-line anchor. From a linux box: > > echo // | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$" > // > echo / | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$" > / > echo /x.y | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$" > echo /x.y/ | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$" > /x.y/ > > Notice the one line that doesn't echo. BTW, this is exactly > what I am trying to do. The question is why the difference > between grep -P and RewriteRule? I have yet to follow the > advice in another response and turn on logging. In my attempts to log the problem, I find that I cannot reproduce it. It is now functioning correctly. I added some more detail to the error log and we can only wait. Since my daily traffic averages about 5 legitimate hits, and 50 attacks ("herbs": you are not alone), patience may be required. Mike. -- Michael D. Berger m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx [...] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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