[SATLUG] mod_rewrite and apache

[robertc3]

> On Wednesday 01 February 2006 7:27 am, robertc3 wrote:
>> I'm trying to redirect users from using http to using https on two
>> subdirectories on my web server.
>>
>> Here's what I have in my httpd.conf so far:
>>
>>     RewriteEngine On
>>     RewriteCond   %{SERVER_PORT}  !^443$
>>     RewriteRule ^/sc(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/sc$1 [L,R]
>>     RewriteRule ^/internal(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/internal$1 [L,R]
>>
>> The first one (sc) works fine.  All subdirectories get redirected as
>> well. The second one (internal) doesn't work and produces the
>> "Redirection Limit Exceeded" message in Firefox (IE just keeps trying).
>>
>
> The problem is that when you set a RewriteCond, only the next RewriteRule
> applies.
>
> To fix it you could either repeat the RewriteCond before the second rule,
> or do something tricky like:
>
> RewriteCond   %{SERVER_PORT}  ^443$
> RewriteRule .* - [S=2]
> RewriteRule ^/sc(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/sc$1 [L,R]
> RewriteRule ^/internal(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/internal$1 [L,R]
>
> Which is saying if the condition matches, skip the next 2 rules.
>
>
> Julian.

Julian,

I added the

RewriteRule .* - [S=2]

and still no luck.  I also tried adding the RewriteCond rule but I still get 
the "Redirection Limit Exceeded" message.  Any other suggestions?

Robert