Re: [users@httpd] Can you go outside the .htaccess directory with Rewrite Rule?

[Sean DeNigris <se...@clipperadams.com>]

> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Sean DeNigris  
> <se...@clipperadams.com> wrote:
> > If I put a .htaccess file in my webroot with the following rule:
> > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi?action=$1
> >
> > Can I specify a script file outside the directory with  
> the .htaccess file in
> > it (i.e. outside the webroot)?
>
> Yes, the 2nd argument to RewriteRule is actually a filesystem path and
> not a URL -- rewrite helps you out sometimes when you use the latter.
Thanks for the help!!
Ok I'm encouraged that it's possible, but my example resolves to / 
~user/public_html/cgi-bin/, not /~user/cgi-bin/, which is what I want,  
and what it sounds like you're saying it should do, so how do I get  
this filesystem behavior?
> With the default conf, directory trees are explicitly allowed to be
> served via "order" and "allow", so whatever you rewrite to will to
> have a Directory stanza that allows access.
I'm not sure what this means.

Sean

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Re: [users@httpd] Can you go outside the .htaccess directory with Rewrite Rule?

[Krist van Besien <kr...@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Sean DeNigris <se...@clipperadams.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the help!!
> Ok I'm encouraged that it's possible, but my example resolves to
> /~user/public_html/cgi-bin/, not /~user/cgi-bin/, which is what I want, and
> what it sounds like you're saying it should do, so how do I get this
> filesystem behavior?

You need to restart request processing after the rewrite. For this you
add the PT flag. To quote the manual:
"The target (or substitution string) in a RewriteRule is assumed to be
a file path, by default. The use of the [PT] flag causes it to be
treated as a URI instead. That is to say, the use of the [PT] flag
causes the result of the RewriteRule to be passed back through URL
mapping, so that location-based mappings, such as Alias, for example,
might have a chance to take effect. "

So your rule needs to look like this:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi?action=$1 [PT]


Krist

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