Re: [users@httpd] internal rewrite puzzle

[Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>]

On 4/27/07, Eric S. Johansson <es...@harvee.org> wrote:
> I'm trying to hide a cgi url behind a pretty one.  from what I've found in the
> archives, it may or may not be possible.
>
> my rules are very simple and they satisfy my first requirement
>
>                  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
>                  RewriteRule /(.*) /cgi-bin/akasha.cgi
>
> and yes, I am redirecting to the cgi if a file does not exist for the given uri.
>   the 404 handler does not work since it appears to lose all form data.
>
> The problem is that the rules reveal the rewritten url.  looking at the wire
> level traffic, I see that the response contains a Location header with the
> rewritten url.  injecting a new location header causes apache to fail with some
> sort of internal redirection error.  I'll reconstruct if it seems important.
>
> any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Try replacing /cgi-bin/akasha.cgi with the full file-system path to
the cgi (ie /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/akasha.cgi). This will avoid
conflicts with mod_alias and prevent some possible redirect loops.

Joshua.

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[users@httpd] Re: internal rewrite puzzle

["Eric S. Johansson" <es...@harvee.org>]

Joshua Slive wrote:
> Try replacing /cgi-bin/akasha.cgi with the full file-system path to
> the cgi (ie /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/akasha.cgi). This will avoid
> conflicts with mod_alias and prevent some possible redirect loops.

it was not the solution but it lead me to one.  I consider this a win!  thanks 
for the much appreciated help.


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