Thank you so much - It is now working as expected. Thanks Simon. > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Billis [mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 29 May 2007 20:00 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Using Rewrite rules to force all requests to a > specific page except those comming from curtain IP addresses: > > Hi Joshua, > > Thank you :-) > > I've been looking at this for a long time and failed to see the error. > > Now to work on the logic... > > Many thanks > > Simon. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jslive@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joshua > Slive > > Sent: 29 May 2007 19:48 > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Using Rewrite rules to force all requests to > a > > specific page except those comming from curtain IP addresses: > > > > On 5/29/07, Simon Billis <simon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > Further to my last post I have followed the suggestion to log the > > rewrite > > > and I have found the following: > > > > > > 192.168.244.105 - - [29/May/2007:19:33:26 +0100] > > > [dev.mydomain.com/sid#89cf438][rid#8c496a8/initial] (4) RewriteCond: > > > input='192.168.244.247' pattern='^!192\.168\.244\.247$' => not-matched > > > 192.168.244.105 - - [29/May/2007:19:33:26 +0100] > > > > > Form the above it appears that "RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} > > > ^!192\.168\.244\.105$" is not being triggered. Have I got the syntax > > > incorrect or is the ! not supported for this? > > > > Yes, the syntax is wrong. The "!" must be before the "^". What you > > have is matching against the literal string "!192.168.244.105". > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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