Hi,
I have a rewrite that's creating a loop because the origin is
contained in the final destination. I know it then is processed
again by the .htaccess in the document root, but I don't
understand why or how to stop it. What's the solution here?
RewriteRule
^/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat$
https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated
[L,R=301,END]
I've tried variations of the above but it always creates a loop.
$ wget -O /dev/null
https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat
2>&1|grep -E 'Location|HTTP'
HTTP response 302
[https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat]
HTTP response 301
[https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated]
HTTP response 200 [https://linuxsecurity.com//features]
Thanks,
Dave
If you don't depend on mod_rewrite for anything else, I would
recommend using RedirectMatch instead.
That rule on its own won't loop, unless you have other conflicting
directive or rewrite rules.
If you must use mod_rewrite, then enabling the rewrite log will help
you pinpoint the source of the loop.
Are you suggesting RedirectMatch because using RewriteRule when the
origin is a subset of the destination is a known problem?
Here's what the rewrite log trace looks like:
rewrite '/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat' ->
'https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated'
explicitly forcing redirect with
https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated
escaping
https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated
for redirect
redirect to
https://linuxsecurity.com/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated
[REDIRECT/301]
init rewrite engine with requested uri
/features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated
it then appears to loop through the htaccess:
rewrite
'features/linux-malware-the-truth-about-this-growing-threat-updated' ->
'index.php'
add per-dir prefix: index.php -> /var/www/linuxsec/html/index.php
trying to replace prefix /var/www/linuxsec/html/ with /
internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT]
init rewrite engine with requested uri /index.php
Thanks,
Dave
