Problem with mod_rewrite and SSL

[Michael Smith <mj...@cursci.co.uk>]

I have discovered that external redirections don't seem to work quite
right with SSL and mod_rewrite.  For example, suppose I request

https://server/foo/bar

and in htaccess I have

RewriteRule bar bar.html [R]

Then the server redirects me to http://server:443/foo/bar.html
(on an ordinary server I get the correct redirection), instead of
https://server/foo/bar.html

At a guess it is assuming http and 80 as the defaults.  I hope this
isn't too difficult to mend.  I can't see how I can do it without
specifying the method and port explicitly in the htaccess file
(something I'd like to avoid)

Mike