Apache redirect

[Lucas Peet]

Use the Apache rewrite module (mod_rewrite.so).  Here's how I redirect from
webmail.domain1.com to https://webmail.domain2.com

     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteRule /.* https://webmail.domain2.com/ [R]

Just put the full path of the URL in your Rewrite rule.

-Lucas

----- Original Message -----
From: "DCT Jared Smith" <jared at dctkc.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 2:23 PM
Subject: Apache redirect

> Forwarded message from Seth Dimbert:
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> I've got a problem.
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> A site I administer went bad and I'm in the process of rebuilding it. When
I
> decided to recreate it using a CMS, I placed the entire kit and kaboodle
in
> /public_html/pub/html for reasons that made sense at the time. Right now,
> index.html sits in /public_html/ saying, "Just you wait! The new site is
> gonna be great!"
>
> Problem is, when the new site goes live, no one will know how to get to it
> because it's buried down in /public_html/pub/html/. I *know* that the
> solution is a "redirection," but I don't know how to do it.
>
> Basically, I need a call to www.domain.com to send the browser to
> www.domain.com/foo/bar/ in a way that the user won't even notice. I have
to
> do this because I can't simply move the folders; paths would break.
>
> This is simple, right? How do I do it?
>
> -SD
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