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by **Ralf S. Engelscha** » Mon, 31 Aug 1998 04:00:00

> I am trying to use a referring url redirection with the rewrite module. It
> works fine in httpd.conf, but when I use it in .htaccess, I get the following
> error message in the error_log:
> access to /path/.htaccess failed for [ip], reason: RewriteMap not allowed here
> This is the contents of the .htaccess file:
> Rewri*gine on
> RewriteMap deflector txt:/home/skiesare/deflector.map
> RewriteRule ^/(.*) ${deflector:%{HTTP_REFERER}|/$1}
> RewriteRule .* - [PT]
> I'm running Redhat 5.0. The httpd has mod_rewrite compiled in.
> Can someone give me some help?

Would help do you expect? The error message is correct and clear: "RewriteMap
not allowed here", i.e. you cannot use RewriteMap in .htaccess files. It's
intended this way and documented this way. The reason is security (only the
webmaster can define RewriteMaps, although they can be _used_ by normal users
in their .htaccess files, too).

Greetings,
Ralf S. Engelschall

www.engelschall.com

by **Brian Tieman** » Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00

> Most of the help pages just listed some code to do whatever... but didn't
> really say where to put the code. Maybe I'm just stupid, but I would really
> appreciate some help.

Directives that can't be used in .htaccess files are meant to be used
in the general server configuration files, i.e. srm.conf, httpd.conf, or
access.conf.

To apply the configuration to certain directories from within the
server config (say, access.conf), do this:

<Directory /path/to/wherever>
Rewri*gine on
RewriteMap deflector txt:/home/skiesare/deflector.map
RewriteRule ^/(.*) ${deflector:%{HTTP_REFERER}|/$1}
RewriteRule .* - [PT]
</Directory>

<Directory> applies to a filesystem path, i.e.
/home/skiesare/public_html/whatever. You can also use <Location>,
<Files>, and so on. Those are all documented at http://www.veryComputer.com/.

Brian

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RewriteMap not allowed here (please help)

RewriteMap not allowed here (please help)

RewriteMap not allowed here (please help)