Igor Cicimov wrote: > What are the rewrite rules you have put in the main config file? Do > you have "RewriteEngine On" statement first? Yes, I have the statement already there. Here is my config ```` Alias /personal/joydeep /var/personal_work_area/joydeep <Directory /var/personal_work_area/joydeep/> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /personal/joydeep/test Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> ```` and .htaccess ( ilocated at /personal/joydeep/test) is ```` Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^alice.html$ bob.html ```` I have checked that RewriteBase is working perfectly when placed in .htaccess. When I have placed it in apache configuration the sites stops working as it then trying to access /var/www > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:27 PM, J. Bakshi <joydeep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:joydeep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hello, > > RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache > configuration file. Do we need any special syntax to make it > working in > apache configuration file ? > > Thanks > > -- > জয়দীপ বক্সী > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > <mailto:users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -- জয়দীপ বক্সী --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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