Apache mod_rewrite to return a 404 except one directory

Question

I'm trying to configure Apache to return a default 404 page when the / of DocumentRoot is called, except for some directories in that DocumentRoot

Unfortunately, I'm getting a 404 even for the directories that have been specified in the RewriteCond directive.

Here is my setup :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} !/dir1/
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} !/dir2/
RewriteRule (.*) - [R=404,L]

Thanks for your help !

Solution

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I got it working with

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(.*)/dir1(.*)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(.*)/dir2(.*)$
RewriteRule (.*) - [R=404,L]

Comments

[Yanis Bendahmane]

nm, got it working with RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(.*)/dir1(.*)$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(.*)/dir2(.*)$ RewriteRule (.*) - [R=404,L]

[mbrownnyc]

In the future, this might be of use: latenightpc.com/blog/archives/2007/09/05/…