[TriLUG] Apache question

[Matt Jezorek]

mod_rewrite is okay on a small server with not alot of action but if you
have seen benchmarks on the performance hit it can cause then you might
think different.

-matt
----- Original Message -----
From: <jeremyp at pobox.com>
To: <prhodes at vdsinc.com>
Cc: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Apache question


> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 prhodes at vdsinc.com wrote:
>
> > > Philip,
> >
> > > Somehow my messages to trilug aren't getting out very well.
> > > Here's my solution which will work quickly in two lines:
> >
> > > <Directory />
> > > RewriteEngine On
> > > RewriteRule /cvsweb /cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi
> > > </Directory>
> >
> >
> > Jeremy,
> >
> > I put that in, and I still get a permission denied error, when trying to
> > access http://cvs/cvsweb.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Just remembered one thing -- using mod_rewrite requires that symlinks be
> enabled for the destination directory (since a rewrite is like a symlink
> in function).  So you'll need to add "FollowSymLinks" to the
> "Options" line in the Directory section that describes cgi-bin.
> So I guess my solution isn't quite as elegant as I thought, but I still
> like mod_rewrite! :)
>
> By the way, /var/log/httpd/error_log contains descriptive information
> about permission denied errors that's very helpful.
>
> --Jeremy
>
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