Thanks Krist, moving out the rewrite statements from <Directory> and before other rewrites solved the problem. J. -----Original Message----- From: Krist van Besien [mailto:krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 19 March 2009 13:07 To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: mod rewrite issue On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Johnny Edge <jedge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a Virtual host that utilizes mod rewrite in the following > manner > > > <VirtualHost 192.168.0.127:80> > ... > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond > %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*) > /notfound.php?%{QUERY_STRING} > > i.e. missing documents are passed to notfound.php > > I also have a directory inside the VH which I want to pass such > requests to a different script > > > <Directory "/var/www/html/info/admin/"> > AuthName "Restricted" > NTLMAuth on > NTLMAuthHelper "/usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp" > NTLMBasicAuthoritative on > AuthType NTLM > require valid-user > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond > %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^admin/(.*) > /admin/index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L] > > </Directory> > > Still, http://info/admin/nonexistent will call notfound.php and not > admin/index.php Use: RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^/info/admin/(.*) /admin/index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L] And make sure that this is put _before_ the other RewriteRules, as it needs to match first. It is not necessary to put this in a <Directory> block. (RewriteRule processing takes place before the URL -> Filename translation, so directives in <Directory> blocks are probably even ignored here) Also, as you are not doing any query string mangling you can write your RewriteRule as: RewriteRule ^/info/admin/(.*) /admin/index.php [QSA,L] Krist -- krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx krist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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