redirect /folder to http://mydomain.com

[hanyhany77]

I am using Apache 2.2.9 and I want to redirect

http://mydomain.com/folder

to

http://mydomain.com

I tried to put
##########################################
Redirect /folder

http://mydomain.com

##########################################
in virtualhost but it don't work
I tried also
##########################################
Redirect permanent /folder

http://mydomain.com

##########################################
but the same
any one can help .

 

[smah]

I suspect that you're after:
[ignore]RedirectPermanent /folder

http://mydomain.com

[/ignore]
or
[ignore]RedirectTemp /folder

http://mydomain.com

[/ignore]

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#redirectpermanent

 

[hanyhany77]

it seems the same .
I used RedirectTemp and RedirectPermanent but still not working.
may be I have to load some module in httpd or not .

 

[smah]

What do the error logs show? Is this directive in httpd.conf or in an .htaccess file?

 

[hanyhany77]

no httpd.conf

 

[smah]

Is mod_alias (linked above) loaded? Does the apache error log show what is failing? What happens when "it doesn't work" -is there some error displayed in the browser; does the browser display something other than the file that you expect?

 

[hanyhany77]

first the mod_alias is not loaded. and it not found in modules even though when I install apache I enable rewrite.
socend when I brows

http://mydomain.com/folder

the browser just loop.

 

[smah]

mod_alias is a different module than mod_rewrite. The RedirectPermanent directive is part of the mod_alias module. Without that installed, RedirectPermanent will never work.

 

[hanyhany77]

so how to install it

 

[smah]

It depends, most off-the-shelf apache installers will have this included. Is there a line in httpd.conf for:
[tab]LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so

 

[hanyhany77]

no
and mod_alias.so not found at modules folder