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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have some rewrites for the SMF forum and
they work just fine.
<P>The problem I'm having is that they are filling up my error log with "failed
(20: Not a directory)" messages for some reason.</P>
<P>My rewrites are :</P>
<P> location <SPAN class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>forum</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln> </SPAN><SPAN class=pun>{</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln> <BR> root </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>usr</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>www</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>data</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>domain</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>com</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>httpdocs</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>;</SPAN><SPAN class=pln> <BR>
</SPAN><SPAN class=kwd><FONT color=#00008b>if</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pln>
</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>(!-</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>e $request_filename</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>)</SPAN><SPAN class=pln> </SPAN><SPAN class=pun>{</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln> <BR> rewrite </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>^</SPAN><SPAN class=str><FONT
color=#800000>/index\.php/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>([</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>a</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>z</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+),([</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>9</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+)\.(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>+)/(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+),(\</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+)/(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>+)\.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>html </SPAN><SPAN class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>index</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>php</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>?</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$1</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>=</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>$2</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$3</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>&</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$4</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>=</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>$5</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>&</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$6 </SPAN><SPAN
class=kwd><FONT color=#00008b>last</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>;</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln> <BR> rewrite </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>^</SPAN><SPAN class=str><FONT
color=#800000>/index\.php/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>([</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>a</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>z</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+),([</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>9</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+)\.(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>+)/(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+),(\</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+)\.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>html </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>index</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>php</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>?</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$1</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>=</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$2</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>$3</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>&</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$4</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>=</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$5 </SPAN><SPAN class=kwd><FONT
color=#00008b>last</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>;</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln> <BR> rewrite </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>^</SPAN><SPAN class=str><FONT
color=#800000>/index\.php/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>([</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>a</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>z</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+),([</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>9</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+)\.(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>+)/(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+)/(\</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+)\.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>html </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>index</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>php</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>?</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$1</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>=</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$2</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>$3</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>&</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$4</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>&</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$5 </SPAN><SPAN class=kwd><FONT
color=#00008b>last</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>;</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln> <BR> rewrite </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>^</SPAN><SPAN class=str><FONT
color=#800000>/index\.php/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>([</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>a</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>z</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+),([</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>9</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+)\.(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>+)/(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+)\.</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>html </SPAN><SPAN class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>index</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>php</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>?</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>$1</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>=</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$2</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$3</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>&</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>$4 </SPAN><SPAN class=kwd><FONT color=#00008b>last</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>;</SPAN><SPAN class=pln> <BR> rewrite
</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>^</SPAN><SPAN class=str><FONT
color=#800000>/index\.php/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>([</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>a</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>z</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+),([</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>-</SPAN><SPAN class=lit><FONT color=#800000>9</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>]+)\.(\</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>w</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>+)\.</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>html </SPAN><SPAN class=pun>/</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>index</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>php</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>?</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln>$1</SPAN><SPAN class=pun>=</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$2</SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>.</SPAN><SPAN class=pln>$3 </SPAN><SPAN class=kwd><FONT
color=#00008b>last</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=pun>;</SPAN><SPAN
class=pln> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>}</SPAN><SPAN class=pln> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN
class=pun>}</SPAN><SPAN class=pln> <BR></SPAN></P><SPAN class=pln>
<P>The exact error message is :</P>
<P>[error] 75594#0: *1 open()
"/usr/www-data/domain.com/httpdocs/forum/index.php/topic,27483.msg586060/topicseen.html"
failed (20: Not a directory), client: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, server: domain.com,
request: "GET /forum/index.php/topic,27483.msg586060/topicseen.html HTTP/1.1",
host: "www.domain.com:8080"</P>
<P>Could someone please help me with this?</P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>