[documentation] [Documentation bug] Instructions for .htaccess are overly complicated and unnecessary

[Morbus Iff]

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 Project:      Documentation
 Version:      <none>
 Component:    Installation
 Category:     bug reports
 Priority:     minor
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  krestivo
 Updated by:   Morbus Iff
 Status:       active

Correct, it isn't true of all situations. Some providers install admin
interfaces in /admin/ (via an Apache Alias, not a literal directory),
which would conflict with Drupal (since the rewrite rules can only
check for the *literal* existence of a subdirectory or folder at the
requested path, not an Alias). Other similar circumstances can arise.




Morbus Iff



Previous comments:
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Wed, 31 May 2006 05:49:13 +0000 : krestivo

The instructions at http://drupal.org/node/30334 appear to be possibly
dangerous, out of date, overly complex, or even wrong.


I was able to do add static content, and potentially a whole entirely
different application, in a subdirectory underneath a 4.7.1 Drupal
installation, with no ill effects, and without changing a single line
of .htaccess. And I was very glad that I didn't need to.


Maybe this isn't true of all situations but it was certainly true of
mine. The docs probably should indicate that, for most purposes,  you
won't need to muck around at all with .htaccess. I'd suggest that most
users shouldn't: mod_rewrite is complex and the stock .htaccess in
4.7.1 looks very well-done.