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Old 02-15-2003, 11:00 AM   #1
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Apache RewriteEngine


How do I set up Apache (1.3) so that the trailing slash on url's is not required?

Ex. If I go to www.domain.com/folder I get a 404 error.
If I go to www.domain.com/folder/ it works.

So far I have put:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/([/A-Za-z0-9_]*)?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://%{REQUEST_URI}/ [R]

at the end of my httpd.conf file and it doesnt work... For the modules, I have:

LoadModules rewrite_modules
AddModule mod_rewrite.c

I put the Rewrite code after the modules.

Also, when I try to start Apache, I get the following error message:

RewriteBase: only valid in per-directory config files

Is this the right way or is there a different way?

Thanks!
 
Old 02-15-2003, 02:51 PM   #2
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Hello,

A simple way to do it :

Insert a line like

Alias /YourAliasName "/path/to/directory/"

in the commonhttpd.conf or httpd.conf - depend of the linux distribution and version of Apache you use.

No "/" after AliasName : that's the way to say to Apache to go to the path/to/directory when you type your URL without ending "/".

Don't forget to insert also :

<Directory /path/to/directory>

</Directory>

with the good options. At least Indexes - because it's needed to browse the content of your directory.

No need of Rewrite apache module to make only that.

Hope that helps.
 
Old 02-15-2003, 04:47 PM   #3
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Thanks, I use httpd.conf and I am still not exactly clear... So I put

Alias /MyAliasName "/home/folder/"

I already have the Directory in the httpd.conf file... do I put the Alias anywhere in the httpd.conf file and how do I find my alias name?

Thanks
 
Old 02-15-2003, 05:20 PM   #4
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Here is an alias from the default httpd.conf apache installation of my distro.


Alias /icons/ "/var/www/icons/"

<Directory "/var/www/icons">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

From lines above, the alias is "/icons/" -with the ending "/" - and when the URL http://localhost:80/icons/ is requested by my browser the content of /var/www/icons/ directory is displayed.

In your case :

Alias /foler "/home/folder"

Don't forget to put right permissions on the directory /home/folder". The user/group used by Apache must have the rights read + execute on your directory and the files inside the must be set to read for the User/Group used by Apache

Here is an other section of my httpd.conf :

User nobody
Group nobody

So in my case Apache runs under the User/Group nobody/nobody. See yours to set the right permissions on your /home/folder directory.
 
Old 02-15-2003, 05:32 PM   #5
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I just edited it and I got a 404 error. I know that I have the right permissions, and here is what my httpd.conf file looks like:

Alias /services/ "/home/httpd/domain/services/"

<Directory "/home/httpd/domain/services/">
Options Indexes Multi Views
AllowOverride None
Oder allow, deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Is that right?

Also, if I go to www.domain.com/services/ it works.

Last edited by ApacheMan252; 02-15-2003 at 05:34 PM.
 
Old 02-15-2003, 05:45 PM   #6
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Yes, it's right

And if you put

Alias /services "/home/httpd/domain/services/"
(w/o the ending "/" in the name of the Alias

www.domain.com/services should work.

instead of

Alias /services/ "/home/httpd/domain/services/" who needs
www.domain.com/services/ with the ending "/"
 
Old 02-15-2003, 06:29 PM   #7
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weird, it doesnt work. I changed it to Alias /services "/home/httpd/domain/services/" but I still get a 404 error.
 
Old 02-15-2003, 08:55 PM   #8
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I think that I am going to want to go with the rewrite module... it seems like once it is working, it will be the best. How would I set it up?

I found this on the apache site to use -

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /~quux/
RewriteRule ^foo$ foo/ [R]

Thanks
 
Old 02-16-2003, 11:33 AM   #9
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I have an idea, could somebody send me their httpd.conf file that has Apache 1.3.26 and that works with the trailing slash? Would that work?
 
Old 02-16-2003, 11:59 AM   #10
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Nevermind, everything is working... No need for the httpd.conf file. Thanks anyways!
 
Old 09-04-2003, 02:43 AM   #11
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I'm trying to setup my apache webserver without the trailing slash also. I see that you got it to work with rewrite. I've tried it but I don't get it. I've placed it parts of the file i think would work, but it doesn't. Can you tell me where you placed it?
 
  


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