[OSM-talk] [OT] mod_rewrite

[Andreas Kemnade]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:47:04 +0000
Nick Whitelegg <nick at hogweed.org> 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

If that rule is in a section which applies to newforest.free-map.org
 vhost (like when the rule is in the default vhost section), then
you are done with apache configuration. I have done these kind
of rewrites several times.
You can, of course, create an extra vhost entry for newforest.free-map.org
and put the rewrite there.
But...
It looks like newforest.free-map.org.uk is not resolvable.
So you have to fiddle with your dns zone configuration and add
an entry for *.free-map.org.uk or for newforest.free-map.org.uk.