RewriteBase is not working in apache configuration file

Hello,

RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache
configuration file. Do we need any special syntax to make it working in
apache configuration file ?

Thanks

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Re: RewriteBase is not working in apache configuration

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What are the rewrite rules you have put in the main config file? Do you hav=
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"RewriteEngine On" statement first?

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:27 PM, J. Bakshi wrote:

> Hello,
>
> RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache
> configuration file. Do we need any special syntax to make it working in
> apache configuration file ?
>
> Thanks
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What are the rewrite rules you have put in the main config file? Do you hav=
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Re: RewriteBase is not working in apache configuration file

Igor Cicimov wrote:
> What are the rewrite rules you have put in the main config file? Do
> you have "RewriteEngine On" statement first?

Yes, I have the statement already there. Here is my config

````
Alias /personal/joydeep /var/personal_work_area/joydeep


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /personal/joydeep/test

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all

````

and .htaccess ( ilocated at /personal/joydeep/test) is

````
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^alice.html$ bob.html
````

I have checked that RewriteBase is working perfectly when placed in
..htaccess. When I have placed it in apache configuration the sites stops
working as it then trying to access /var/www





> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:27 PM, J. Bakshi > > wrote:
>
> Hello,
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> RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache
> configuration file. Do we need any special syntax to make it
> working in
> apache configuration file ?
>
> Thanks
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Re: RewriteBase is not working in apache configuration

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:27 AM, J. Bakshi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache
> configuration file. =A0Do we need any special syntax to make it working i=
n
> apache configuration file ?

You don't need RewriteBase in your apache configuration file. The
RewriteBase directive's purpose is to solve a problem caused by the
fact that URL to Filename translation has allready taken place by the
time Apache gets to reading your .htaccess file. You don't have this
problem with RewriteRules in httpd.conf, so there you don't need this
directive.


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Re: RewriteBase is not working in apache configuration file

Krist van Besien wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:27 AM, J. Bakshi wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache
>> configuration file. Do we need any special syntax to make it working in
>> apache configuration file ?
>>
>
> You don't need RewriteBase in your apache configuration file. The
> RewriteBase directive's purpose is to solve a problem caused by the
> fact that URL to Filename translation has allready taken place by the
> time Apache gets to reading your .htaccess file. You don't have this
> problem with RewriteRules in httpd.conf, so there you don't need this
> directive.
>
>
> Krist
>
>

Hello Krist,

Thanks a lot to clarify it. I was banging my head with it. Is there any
alternative to force document root in side then ? Actually I
need to run some experimental sites from a location which is totally
different from main apache document root. And my rewritrules try to
access /var/www as the document root where it should look into
/var/personal_work_area/

Once again, thanks for your kind response

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Re: RewriteBase is not working in apache configuration file

On 15-Nov-2009, at 21:27, J. Bakshi wrote:
> RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache
> configuration file.

I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which you would need RewriteBase in =
the apache configuration file. Isn't the point of it to be in .htaccess? =
I'm almost positive I've never seen it elsewhere.

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Re: Re: RewriteBase is not working in apache configurationfile

LuKreme wrote:
> On 15-Nov-2009, at 21:27, J. Bakshi wrote:
>
>> RewriteBase is working perfectly OK in .htaccess but not in apache
>> configuration file.
>>
>
> I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which you would need RewriteBase in the apache configuration file. Isn't the point of it to be in .htaccess? I'm almost positive I've never seen it elsewhere.
>
>

Krist has already clarified it in his post.

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Re: RewriteBase is not working in apache configuration

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:17 AM, J. Bakshi wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot to clarify it. I was banging my head with it. =A0Is there an=
y
> alternative to force document root in side then ? Actually I
> need to run some experimental sites from a location which is totally
> different from main apache document root. =A0And my rewritrules try to
> access /var/www as the document root where it should look into
> /var/personal_work_area/

If you have trouble understanding what your RewriteRules do start by
enabling the RewriteLog.
You should understand that in your httpd.conf the RewriteRule will
operate directly on the URL, so it is really immaterial what Docroot
etc... has been set to.
With RewriteRules you can translate URL to filename entirely bypassing
all other directives...

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