Hey there, it sounds like you should be able to get this to work with mod_rewrite ... but either way, you should have a look at mod_security. (http://www.modsecurity.org/) It can do that, and so much more! R. --- peter pilsl <pilsl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I want to configure a virtual host to return 404 for > a specific request > > I tried mod_rewrite > > RewriteRule ^/(forbidden_.*) - [R=404] > > but this does not work. Also didnt find anything in > mod_alias. > > I would need to redirect to a nonexisting url, so > the browser would > receive a 301 first and then get the 404, which is > not what I need !! > The first answer need to be a 404. I hope there is > a solution inside > apache, otherwise I would need to rewrite my > application to return 404 > itself. > > thnx, > p > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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