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April 20th, 2008, 06:05 AM

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.htaccess mod_rewrite subdomain.

Hello,

I am trying to do the following -

whatever.website.com/index.html

to redirect to

website.com/whatever/index.html

I have been reading the following - http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=27020

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
Options +SymlinksIfOwnerMatch

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^directory.website.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.directory.website.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://http://www.website.com/~directory/ [R=301,L]

However this just shows a 404 error, can you see a problem with this code? also, how would i change the script so any subdomain will redirect to the accompanying directory?

Thanks very much,

April 20th, 2008, 10:34 AM

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Is that your 'real' file?

The reason I ask:

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://http://www.website.com/~directory/ [R=301,L]

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April 20th, 2008, 10:58 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lnxgeek

Is that your 'real' file?

The reason I ask:

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://http://www.website.com/~directory/ [R=301,L]

Ha, yes that is my 'real' file and i was just dumb. Although, i still get a 404 error going to the subdomain and a 500 error when accessing my root site. Any ideas?

April 20th, 2008, 01:03 PM

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The error log says the error is -

Code:

[Sun Apr 20 16:56:00 2008] [alert] [client IP] /path/htdocs/.htaccess: Options not allowed here

Thanks

April 21st, 2008, 07:45 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by imrie

The error log says the error is -

Code:

[Sun Apr 20 16:56:00 2008] [alert] [client IP] /path/htdocs/.htaccess: Options not allowed here

Thanks

That means you cannot use the Options directive in your .htaccess file. Hopefully the Options required to use mod_rewrite are already enabled.

Have you made any attempt to understand what that rewrite (redirect, really) does? Do you have a folder named ~directory in your DocumentRoot? or do you have user directories setup and a directory user?

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April 22nd, 2008, 12:13 PM

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Hello,

Thanks for the reply, i have removed the options directives from the file and now no longer receive a 500 error. However, it still shows a 404 error. This is the current file -

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^cpg1412.mysimtractor.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.cpg1412.mysimtractor.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysimtractor.com/cpg1412/ [R=301,L]

URL to directory - http://www.mysimtractor.com/cpg1412
URL to subdomain - http://www.cpg1412.mysimtractor.com

^^^ The above urls are to the directory, and yes the re-direct directory does exist and functional.

Thanks,

April 24th, 2008, 01:48 PM

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I'm getting a "Server Not Found" error when I try to get to cpg1412.mysimtractor.com, and that's not the same a s "404 Not Found" error. However, Internet Explorer may show a "Server Not Found" as a "404 Not Found", or it may just say something like "Page Not Found," if friendly error pages are turned on :sigh:

Server Not Found means cpg1412.mysimtractor.com has no DNS entry. You have to have a DNS entry to point cpg1412.mysimtractor.com to the same IP address that mysimtractor.com points to in order for the rewrite to take over.

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