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CentOS htaccess file question

I am trying to use an .htaccess file on my server to redirect www. requests to a URL without www..

I have made the .htaccess with htpasswd on my CentOS 5.8 server with the required 301 redirect line in it although it does not work.

I think the redirect does not work because it is not using the htaccess file at all i.e. I try to add junk to the htaccess to test if it is in use (website would not work with junk), and nothing happens.

Please suggest how I solve this or any more information that you require.

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Steven Vona

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Johny_Brav0

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Hi thanks for the link but I looked at that already.

As I cannot get the .htaccess file to be used by the server I am trying to put a redirect in the httpd.conf file instead.

So I add:
Redirect / https://mywebsite.co.uk

The problem is that the website is then made inaccessable when I try to browse to it.

Please advise on this approach

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Johny_Brav0

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Hi, thanks for the replies.

I will try the virtual host one on Monday back at work.

The AllowOverride All idea I have tried although if I did that with another directory within the httpd.conf file would it disable the /var/www one? Just an idea.

Johny_Brav0

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The reason I require the redirect is that we only have certificates for the URL without the www..

So I am trying to redirect to the URL with certificates so there are no certificate warnings.

I tried (exact code):
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.nine23appstore.co.uk
Redirect 301 / http://nine23appstore.co.uk
</VirtualHost>

And no luck, I also tried:

<Directory "/var/www">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

With no luck.

On a CentOS setup the hosted files are in www I take it where the .htaccess file should be also?

Many thanks

Johny_Brav0

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Silly me, turns out I was using the wrong directory in CentOS however it was a www directory so that threw me.

Got the .htaccess file working although I need a wildcard certificate to cope with both URLs as the browser gives a warning when the new redirect occurs.

Thanks anyway