On 11/1/07, Jon Forrest <jlforrest@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (This is on Solaris 10-x86 with Apache 2.2.4) > When I give the URL > 1) http://www-demo.cchem.berkeley.edu/username/public_html > > everything works fine. However, for historical reasons, > I can't require that people give the "/public_html" at > the end of the URL. In other words, I want users to > be able to enter > 2) http://www-demo.cchem.berkeley.edu/username/ > > to see the same results as produced by URL #1 . > So, I decided to try mod_rewrite. I use the following > in the proper VirtualHost section of my httpd.conf file: > > RewriteEngine on > RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/public_html/ [L] > > This doesn't work. The client sees a "403 Forbidden" message. > The apache log says: > "Directory index forbidden by Options directive: > /users/chemweb/apache2/http-cchem/htdocs/username/public_html/" > > I don't understand why I'm getting this message when > URL #1 above works. > > The rewrite log shows the following (I added the #numbers): > > #1 (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /username/ > #2 (3) applying pattern '^(.+)$' to uri '/username/' > #3 (2) rewrite '/username/' -> '/username//public_html/' > #4 (2) local path result: /username//public_html/ > #5 (2) prefixed with document_root to > /users/chemweb/apache2/http-cchem/htdocs/username/public_html/ > #6 (1) go-ahead with > /users/chemweb/apache2/http-cchem/htdocs/username/public_html/ [OK] > #7 (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /username/index.html > #8 (3) applying pattern '^(.+)$' to uri '/username/index.html' > #9 (2) rewrite '/username/index.html' -> '/username/index.html/public_html/' > #10 (2) local path result: /username/index.html/public_html/ > #11 (2) prefixed with document_root to > /users/chemweb/apache2/http-cchem/htdocs/username/index.html/public_html/ > #12 (1) go-ahead with > /users/chemweb/apache2/http-cchem/htdocs/username/index.html/public_html/ > [OK] > > Line #6 above looks correct to me so I don't understand why mod_rewrite > tried the other possibilities. > > I'm guessing all these problem have something to do with directory > protection but if this is true then I don't understand why URL #1 > works. > > Any ideas? > > Cordially, > Jon Forrest Try some basic settings before mod_rewrite. - DirectoryIndex sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory is requested. - UserDir is the name of the directory appended onto a user's home directory if a ~user request is received. UserDir public_html DirectoryIndex index.html http://www-demo.cchem.berkeley.edu/~username will serve: /home/username/public_html/index.html If you do not want the tilde (~) in the URLs, use mod_rewrite to add it. RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /~$1 [P] If you want to continue with the ideas in the long thread, think about why httpd is attempting to find username directories under /users/chemweb/apache2/htdocs/cchem. Is that what you want? solprovider --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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