http to https redirect when .htaccess encountered

["John W. Sopko Jr." <so...@cs.unc.edu>]

I am having a difficult time solving the following: I want our
apache non-secure http:// server to redirect to the secure
https:// server whenever the non-secure server encounters a
.htaccess file in any directory? I do not want to redirect entire
directories or the server itself, only those that contain a
.htaccess file.

The standard apache Redirect or RedirectMatch cannot do this
because the .htaccess file is not typically specified by the
user. You run into a looping problem if you specify a redirect
in the .htaccess file itself.

I was hoping there is some switch at the server level to do this.
I of course searched all the docs and mailing archives for
a solution first.

Any solutions would be appreciated. Thanks.


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John W. Sopko Jr.               University of North Carolina
email: sopko@cs.unc.edu         Computer Science Dept., CB 3175
Phone: 919-962-1844             Sitterson Hall; Room 135
Fax:   919-962-1799             Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175

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