On 6/21/07, Martijn <sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello. My webserver uses a second server (non-apache) to deliver certain content, say xml files. This server runs on the same machine, on a different port. In my httpd.conf I have the following line RewriteRule ^(.*\.xml)$ http://localhost:8000/$1 [P] which, indeed, successfully lets the second server take care of the delivery of xml files. Now from what I understand from the mod_perl documentation, the rewriting of URLs takes place before any authentication/authorization. However, if I block access to certain URLs -either via a mod_perl module or via 'Deny from all'- access is denied and the second server is never reached. This is in fact what I want, but I'd like to understand why this is happening, as I think it's contradicting the documentation. Does anyone have any clues?
I don't know much about mod_perl, but this depends on a couple factors: 1. If you are using .htaccess files rather than httpd.conf for applying RewriteRules, then you are more likely to get per-directory configuration applied, including auth. 2. There are multiple ways to apply configuration to particular parts of the server. <Directory> applies to particular filesystem directories, and therefore normally wouldn't be applied to proxied requests that never hit the filesystem. <Location> applies to URLs and therefore should apply to all requests whether or not they map to the local filesystem.
Furthermore, I have a few simple questions about Redirect and RedirectMatch: - is it true that RedirectMatch is exactly the same as RewriteRule with the [R] flag?
In effect, yes. But of course RewriteRule is much more flexible.
- if I use [R] flags, are the rules still applied top-down?
If you mean sequentially, then yes.
- is there any need for [L,R] flag? I would think that R forces the whole mod_rewrite-process to start again, with a new URL so it could not be anything but the last rule that is applied.
In fact, if I remember correctly, rewriting will continue after an R flag. This means that subsequent RewriteRules may, for example, change the target URL before the actual rewrite happens. (But I haven't tried this myself in a while, so I may be remembering incorrectly.) 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
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