RewriteRule Not Working

[chris32lr Profile]

I just installed Helicon Ape on a server running SBS 2008 R2. I have ASP.NET installed as well as .NET framework 3.5. I'm trying to use the rewrite rules but I am unable to get them to work. I put in my root directory's htaccess file:


# Helicon Ape version 3.1.0.113

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule . - [F]

However, I can still access my site. I have ErrorLog and RewriteLog enabled in the httpd.conf file within Ape. However, the error log and rewrite logs are both empty. I'm trying to use this rule for wordpress:

# Helicon Ape version 3.1.0.113

# Protect from spam bots
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 2
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*mydomain.com.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]

This .htaccess file is located in mydomain.com/blog.

However, this obviously doesn't work because the test rule doesn't work.

Thanks everyone!

[HeliconAndrew]

Hello,

The problem is probably in permissions. .htaccess cant be read. Please, refer to this part of documentation: http://www.helicontech.com/ape/doc/security.htm

Regards
Andrew

[chris32lr Profile]

Hello Andrew,

I have given "IIS_IUSR" read and list folder contents permissions on the Helicon install folder as well as the website folder without resolution. The same problem still exists.

[HeliconAndrew]

are there any "deny" permissions given to other users (e.g. plesk admin users)?


Regards
Anrew

[chris32lr Profile]

Andrew,

None at all. I attached a screenshot of the permissions for the Helicon install directory as well as the domain directory. Let me know if you see anything that looks out of place.

Thanks,
Chris

[HeliconAndrew]

Please, shoot us en email with a reference to this post. We'll help you out by remotely connecting to this server.

Regards
Andrew

[chris32lr Profile]

Andrew,

Just created a support ticket as well as an e-mail to [email protected].

Thanks,
Chris

[chris32lr Profile]

Huge thanks to Andrew for getting this to work. Seems something went hairy with the install and a reinstall fixed the issue.

[HeliconAndrew]

perfect!