On 5 Dec 2009, at 01:25, Frank Z wrote: > is there a way via RewriteRule to force all access to a certain URL to return with a HTTP 500 > > e.g. i have a number 3 applications that are or will be obsoleted and is expected to return a 500 to all callers who try to access it. > > so when someone tries to access a deprecated URL such as http://myserver/myApp1 I would like to send back a 500 and preferably some textual information (nice to have). > > Will it be possible to do this via mod_rewrite? (a) Don't send 500. 410 (Gone) would seem more appropriate. (b) Yes, you can do this with mod_rewrite: just put your text in an ErrorDocument. Or for a possibly-simpler solution, look up mod_asis and put the entire response in a single file. -- Nick Kew --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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