> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael D. Berger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...]
> [...]
> > From: Rich Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [...]
> > Michael D. Berger wrote:
> > > The following:
> >
> > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/picts/.*$
> > > RewriteRule ^/(.*/)?$ /index.cgi [L]
> > >
> > > sends
> > > GET /favicon.ico
> > > to index.cgi . I would not expect this because it
> > > does not appear to match any pattern. Wherein do
> > > I err?
> >
> > The REQUEST_URI is /favicon.ico, and this matches
> > !^.*/picts/.*$ - that
> > is, it's a string that doesn't contain /picts/ anywhere in it.
> > It also matches the RewriteRule pattern ^/(.*/)?$ because it
> > starts with
> > a slash, and doesn't contain the optional "something followed
> > by a slash".
> > So, according to this ruleset, it's supposed to rewrite that
> > to /index.cgi
> >
> > So it seems that it's doing exactly what you asked for it to do.
> >
> > The real question is what you're trying to do with this
> > rewrite ruleset,
> > since that's not really evident.
>
> The picts line is functioning as expected. Such lines are
> handled differently elsewhere. With regard to the RewriteRule
> line, this is functioning correctly only of you ignore the
> '$' end-of-line anchor. From a linux box:
>
> echo // | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
> //
> echo / | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
> /
> echo /x.y | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
> echo /x.y/ | grep -P "^/(.*/)?$"
> /x.y/
>
> Notice the one line that doesn't echo. BTW, this is exactly
> what I am trying to do. The question is why the difference
> between grep -P and RewriteRule? I have yet to follow the
> advice in another response and turn on logging.
In my attempts to log the problem, I find that I cannot
reproduce it. It is now functioning correctly. I added
some more detail to the error log and we can only wait.
Since my daily traffic averages about 5 legitimate hits,
and 50 attacks ("herbs": you are not alone), patience may
be required.
Mike.
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Michael D. Berger
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