This thread got me to experimenting. My site is at www.mysite.com/drupal so I uncommented this in .htaccess # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a # VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly. # For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and # modify the following line: RewriteBase /drupal
I then tried out both of these possibilities:
# If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix,
you # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option: # # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix, # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...) # adapt and uncomment the following: # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ [NC] # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301] # # To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix, # (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...) # uncomment and adapt the following: # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com$ [NC] # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
Now I can access the site with mysite.com and http://www.mysite.com
but *not *with www.mysite.com.
Now, of course, it could be our astaro firewall, which seems probable but just wanted to make sure: The firewall says : Astaro Security Gateway Version 8 http://www.astaro.com Content blockedWhile trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.dsnextgen.com/?a_id=115576&domainname=www.mysite.comhttp://www.dsnextgen.com/?a_id=115576&domainname=www.tony-mac.comThe content is blocked due to the following condition:The URL you have requested is blocked by Surf Protection. If you think this is wrong, please contact your administratorReport:Malicious Sites not allowed.Your cache administrator is: astaro@integrasys-ns.biz
Tony