Krist van Besien wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:27 AM, J. Bakshi <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 ? >> > > You don't need RewriteBase in your apache configuration file. The > RewriteBase directive's purpose is to solve a problem caused by the > fact that URL to Filename translation has allready taken place by the > time Apache gets to reading your .htaccess file. You don't have this > problem with RewriteRules in httpd.conf, so there you don't need this > directive. > > > Krist > > Hello Krist, Thanks a lot to clarify it. I was banging my head with it. Is there any alternative to force document root in side <Directory> then ? Actually I need to run some experimental sites from a location which is totally different from main apache document root. And my rewritrules try to access /var/www as the document root where it should look into /var/personal_work_area/ Once again, thanks for your kind response -- 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