On 04.08.2007 18:25 CE(S)T, Joshua Slive wrote: > Once you know that you need to use mod_rewite, there is no point in > fooling around with mod_setenvif. It is simpler to do everything in > mod_rewrite. Or avoid it entirely. My point with SetEnv[If] was to only enter the hostname once and not in every single rule. > Try one of the solutions here: > http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/CanonicalHostNames I can't use the Redirect directive because it only works good inside a <VirtualHost> section which I can't use. The mod_rewirte thing doesn't work with the same problem like I already have. > Also note that you should not do rewriting in .htaccess unless you > really have to. And if you still use mod_rewrite and can't get it to > work, then use the RewriteLog to see what is going on. Yes, I need to. What I do here is ensuring my website is visible from a single domain only. This is a configuration that belongs to my website specifically, not the entire server which (despite being under my control) is shared with many other users that like different configuration. I now managed to use RewriteLog on the server. Here's the results: http://unclassified.de/beta -> http://beta.unclassified.de//www/web002/beta > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:58:22 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8444c98/initial] (3) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] applying pattern '^(.*)' to uri '/www/web002/beta' > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:58:22 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8444c98/initial] (4) RewriteCond: input='beta.unclassified.de' pattern='!^$' => matched > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:58:22 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8444c98/initial] (2) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] rewrite /www/web002/beta -> http://beta.unclassified.de//www/web002/beta > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:58:22 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8444c98/initial] (2) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] explicitly forcing redirect with http://beta.unclassified.de//www/web002/beta > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:58:22 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8444c98/initial] (1) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] escaping http://beta.unclassified.de//www/web002/beta for redirect > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:58:22 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8444c98/initial] (1) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] redirect to http://beta.unclassified.de//www/web002/beta [REDIRECT/301] http://unclassified.de/beta/ (notice the trailing slash) -> http://beta.unclassified.de/ > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:59:25 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8481f88/initial] (3) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] strip per-dir prefix: /www/web002/beta/ -> > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:59:25 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8481f88/initial] (3) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] applying pattern '^(.*)' to uri '' > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:59:25 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8481f88/initial] (4) RewriteCond: input='beta.unclassified.de' pattern='!^$' => matched > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:59:25 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8481f88/initial] (2) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] rewrite -> http://beta.unclassified.de/ > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:59:25 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8481f88/initial] (2) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] explicitly forcing redirect with http://beta.unclassified.de/ > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:59:25 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8481f88/initial] (1) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] escaping http://beta.unclassified.de/ for redirect > 84.148.53.163 - - [05/Aug/2007:11:59:25 +0200] [unclassified.de/sid#8336258][rid#8481f88/initial] (1) [per-dir /www/web002/beta/] redirect to http://beta.unclassified.de/ [REDIRECT/301] In a direct comparison, it doesn't do the "strip per-dir prefix" in the first scenario. Why not? Requesting the name of a directory, I would expect it to redirect to that directory first, "beta" -> "beta/", as it's always the case. And only then, it may regard the .htaccess file inside that directory and that would work as expected, as I can see when trying that directly. Why is the .htaccess file in a directory regarded when I'm not even inside that directory? Why does entering a trailing slash or not make such a great difference? -- Yves Goergen "LonelyPixel" <nospam.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Visit my web laboratory at http://beta.unclassified.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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