[plug] mod_rewrite: Out of chickens!

[Trevor Phillips]

Martin wrote:
>
>><Directory /document/root>
>>  RewriteEngine on
>>  RewriteBase /
>>  RewriteRule ^askedfor/path new/path [L]
>></Directory>
> 
> ok, that does some rewriting. does it work?

Yep! Does exactly what I want (amazing for mod_rewrite)...

>>Now, this in itself works as I want. However, my /cgi-bin/ dir has crapped 
>>itself:
>>   Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that 
>>RewriteRule directive is forbidden
> 
> you lost me there. what does the <Directory> statements look like for both
> the root and the cgi-bin?

Because the scope of the rewrite engine also covers the cgi-bin dir, 
it's balking at accessing anything in cgi-bin, because for that dir I 
have neither Options FollowSymLinks nor SymLinksIfOwnerMatch - which is 
a sensible thing to have for a cgi-bin.

However, the actual remapping rules have nothing to do with the cgi-bin 
dir, ergo, I want it to ignore the cgi-bin dir for remapping, but still 
pay attention to the rest of the server - or at least, pay attention to 
the URLs I want remapped...

> can you supply both parts of the conf file for me? off list preferably

The cgi-bin is a pretty standard block, to clamp down on security a bit 
more:

<Directory /document/root/cgi-bin>
   AllowOverride None
   Options None
</Directory>

Upon consideration, I could possibly get around it by shifting the 
cgi-bin OUT from under the document root - but given our system setup 
that would be QUITE a large infrastructure change. I'd rather do it by 
altering the rewrite rules. Or just end up writing my own rewrite 
module. ^_^

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