[OSM-talk] [OT] mod_rewrite

[David Earl]

On 12/12/2007 21:47, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> Am trying to set up a mod_rewrite rule to map
> 
> http://newforest.free-map.org.uk/
> 
> to 
> 
> http://www.free-map.org.uk/newforest/
> 
> According to various things I've read this ought to do it :
> 
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^http://newforest.free-map.org.uk%$
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.free-map.org.uk/newforest/$1
> 
> However this does not work - I get the error "can't find host 
> newforest.free-map.org.uk". Is there something else I need to configure to 
> say that the host newforest.free-map.org.uk is the same as 
> www.free-map.org.uk?

I think you need Redirect or RedirectMatch, not a mod_rewrite here:

RedirectMatch permanent ^/newforest/ 
http://www.free-map.free-map.org.uk/newforest/

(without any line break)

David