Oh maybe it doesn't let you rewrite to filenames. I was pretty sure it did.
Dean On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Bret McMillan wrote: > I'm looking at http://www.engelschall.com/pw/apache/rewriteguide/#ToC4 right > now, at the bottom for an external rewriting engine... > > wouldn't this take "http://www.server.com/foo/HelloWorld.html"; and then just > basically ask apache to find a document "http://www.server.com/..\..\[as > many as needed to get to root dir]/bret/HelloWorld.html" ? > Wouldn't that open a large security hole? > > Bret > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: Need help adding symlink-like capability to Apache on NT > > > >Read the docs for mod_rewrite. If you really want to invoke an external > >program to do the mappings it's trivial, you don't need to change the code > >at all. In any event, what you want can be done in a module, you don't > >need to patch the core. > > > >Dean > > > >On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Bret McMillan wrote: > > > >> You have a valid concern... let me explain a bit more. Right now, > >> shortcuts are used in place of symlinks. > >> If you had a "foo" symlink on the linux version, on the nt version it is > >> represented by "foo.lnk". These shortcut files are created at install > time. > >> > >> Assume foo.lnk exists in your httpdoc directory. Assume foo.lnk links to > >> C:\Bret\, in which HelloWord.html exists. > >> > >> What I want to happen is for a url request of > >> "http://www.server.com/foo/HelloWorld.html"; displays the contents of > >> HelloWorld.html. > >> > >> We have an executable program that will do this: > >> > >> Commandline: "slink foo/HelloWorld.html" > >> Cout's: "/bret/HelloWorld.html" > >> > >> So that part is essentially done. What we're trying to figure out is > where > >> to integrate that into apache's code. > >> > >> Thanks for any and all info, > >> > >> Bret > > >
