OK, that makes sense that PT wouldn't apply and that the rewrite engine won't reprocess the URL. Hmmmmmmm. I did a poor job of explaining what I'm trying to do. Basically I'm trying to hide the "jahia/Jahia" portion of the URL. That means there are three cases that need to be handled: 1) If the incoming URL is http://portal-dev:81/, it needs to be directed to the home page which is http://portal-dev:81/jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/9. But the outgoing URL displayed in the user's browser needs to be http://portal-dev:81/site/jazzd/pid/9. Or 2) If the incoming URL is something like http://portal-dev:81/jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/31, it needs to be directed to http://portal-dev:81/jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/31. But the outgoing URL display in the user's browser needs to be http://portal-dev:81/site/jazzd/pid/31. Or 3) If the incoming URL is something like http://portal-dev:81/site/jazzd/pid/17, it needs to be directed to http://portal-dev:81/jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/17. But the outgoing URL display in the user's browser needs to be http://portal-dev:81/site/jazzd/pid/17. Just sticking to case 1) for now, the following redirects http://portal-dev:81/ to http://portal-dev:81/jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/9. But the outgoing URL displayed in the user's browser is http://portal-dev:81/jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/9, not http://portal-dev:81/site/jazzd/pid/9. How do I modify the following to redirect to the right place and not show "jahia/Jahia" portion in the users browser? <VirtualHost portal-dev.dande.com:81> RewriteEngine On RewriteLogLevel 3 RewriteLog logs/rewrite_port81.log RewriteRule ^/$ jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/9 [R,L] </VirtualHost> Bob Stauffer DBA D&E Communications Ephrata, PA rstauffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 717-738-8737 -----Original Message----- From: Justin Pasher [mailto:justinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 13:53 To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: java app URL rewrite Stauffer, Robert G wrote: > Justin, > > Just tried: > <VirtualHost portal-dev.dande.com:81> > RewriteEngine On > RewriteLogLevel 3 > RewriteLog logs/rewrite_port81.log > RewriteRule ^/$ /jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/9 [C,PT] > RewriteRule ^/jahia/Jahia/(.+)$ $1 [L] > </VirtualHost> > > Same thing happened: It serves up the correct page, but the browser URL > is http://portal-dev:81/ instead of > http://portal-dev:81/site/jazzd/pid/9. And the second RewriteRule is > ignored: > > logs/rewrite_port81.log: > 10.208.4.137 - - [18/Sep/2008:13:28:17 --0400] > [portal-dev/sid#8122b18][rid#81c5c40/initial] (2) init rewrite engine > with requested uri / > 10.208.4.137 - - [18/Sep/2008:13:28:17 --0400] > [portal-dev/sid#8122b18][rid#81c5c40/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/$' > to uri '/' > 10.208.4.137 - - [18/Sep/2008:13:28:17 --0400] > [portal-dev/sid#8122b18][rid#81c5c40/initial] (2) rewrite / -> > /jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/9 > 10.208.4.137 - - [18/Sep/2008:13:28:17 --0400] > [portal-dev/sid#8122b18][rid#81c5c40/initial] (2) forcing > '/jahia/Jahia/site/jazzd/pid/9' to get passed through to next API > URI-to-filename handler > 10.208.4.137 - - [18/Sep/2008:13:28:17 --0400] > [portal-dev/sid#8122b18][rid#81f7c18/initial] (2) init rewrite engine > with requested uri /jazzdassets/scripts/tabber.js > ... > > Anyone know if there's a way to force the redirect to the first > RewriteRule output and display the output of the second RewriteRule? > I don't think the [PT] flag will actually apply to RewriteRule directives (the documentation isn't 100% clear on the subject, but it says "... hack to enable post-processing of the output of |RewriteRule| directives, using |Alias|, |ScriptAlias|, |Redirect|, and other directives from various URI-to-filename translators"). I would think it would specifically mention RewriteRule in the list if that applied. You may be getting hit by the way rewrite rules are applied. I think when the RewriteRules are inside the apache config as opposed to and .htaccess file, the rules are not "reprocessed" for a single request after matching a rewrite rule. This means it matches the first request, then doesn't attempts to reprocess the URL through additional RewriteRules. It seems like you could simplify the rule and avoid the chain altogether by just doing this: RewriteRule ^/$ /site/jazzd/pid/9 [L] If you go directly to "http://portal-dev:81/jahia/Jahia/something", are you redirected to "http://portal-dev:81/something"? Since you are not setting a RewriteBase, you might need to tell mod_rewrite to anchor it to the beginning of the URL, like this: RewriteRule ^/jahia/Jahia/(.+)$ /$1 [L] To simplify things, I would first work on getting this rule to work by itself (which seems like it should with the change above). Then additional rules can be added. -- Justin Pasher --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 **DISCLAIMER This e-mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail message. 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