[thelist] Mod_rewrit and classic sysadmin response

[Tony Page]

I need to use mod_rewrite with my Gallery software but only a module
called mod_rewrit is available on the server (Apache/Linux). After
extensive google etc research trying to find some info on it ended in
dismal failure (the only thing I found out was that it was supposed to
be a "more secure" version of mod_rewrite, and that lots of other people
were asking the same question as me) I finally received this classic
comment from the Alabanza sysadmin:

"We use mod_rewrit for security purposes and can not (sic) tell anyone
how it works."

One suggestion was to use mod_alias instead but I'm not sure whether
this would work. It's also a pain because the Gallery program is
designed to use mod_rewrite and config is virtually automatic. 

Anyone got any info on mod_rewrit or ideas about workarounds?

Tony Page

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