Most if not all web developers and server administrators struggle with Apache mod_rewrite. It’s very tough and only gets a little easier with practice. Until Now! Get ready to explode your learning curve,…. The following undocumented techniques and methods will allow you to utilize mod_rewrite at an “expert level” by showing you how to unlock its secrets.
This is a basic FastCGI .htaccess file. The last line is the most important.
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L]
Accessing CGI environment variables created by mod_ssl from within Plone
This way you will get HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY, HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN and HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_Email environment variables in the request object.
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Problem:
You need to setup Zope behind Apache with SSL and you need to access some/all of the CGI environment variables set by the mod_ssl from within Plone. How to do [...]
