[ic] Rewrite problems in admin

[Tom Luong]

----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Batschelet <sam at westbranchresort.com>
To: <interchange-users at icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:32 AM
Subject: [ic] Rewrite problems in admin


> In an attempt to improve site indexing I have used the rewrite options
> below
>
>     RewriteRule    ^$      /cgi-bin/site/index.html    [PT,L]
>     RewriteRule    ^/$     /cgi-bin/site/index.html    [PT,L]
>     RewriteRule    ^/index\.html$  /cgi-bin/site/index.html    [PT,L]
>     RewriteRule    ^/cgi-bin/site/.*   -           [PT,L]
>     RewriteRule ^/.*images/.*   -       [PT,L]
>     RewriteRule    ^/(.*)      /cgi-bin/site/$1        [PT,L]
>
> The problem I am running into seems to be with the admin section which
> constantly drops me into login.  I am sure that the rewriterules are to
> blame but I cannot seem to get on the right track with a solution.  Any
> help with this would be greatly appreciated!.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Sam Batschelet

I am not sure I understand your question completely.  By the looks of it, it
looks right.

are you doing this in your httpd.conf file or .htaccess file
you may need to specify
RewriteBase /    #or what ever the base maybe
and
Options +FollowSymLinks  #maybe mistype

Good Luck,
Tom