Rewrite challenge

Subdomain redirect driving me crazy

[Xoverride]

For the last week i've been nonstop working to get a redirect working. What I want is that these examples get redirect using a proxy/ajp I created.

The examples:
tim.example.com -> should be redirected
www.tim.example.com -> should be redirected

So I have tried like a million of redirect combinations, but none of them seem to work with both examples. In the end I thought it worked but I got an Apache error stating an infinite proxy loop.

If you now what to fill in the lines below, you are my hero :)

RewriteEngine on

# rewrite rule
------ THESE DO NOT WORK, WHAT SHOULD THEY BE? ------------

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([^.]+)\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://localhost/example/account.form?account=%1 [P]

-------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_proxy.c>

<Proxy /index.html >
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Proxy>

<Proxy /example >
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Proxy>

ProxyPass /example ajp://localhost:8009/example/
ProxyPassReverse /example ajp://localhost:8009/example/

</IfModule>

[edited by: jatar_k at 2:37 pm (utc) on Jan. 15, 2008]

[edited by: jdMorgan at 2:44 pm (utc) on Jan. 15, 2008]
[edit reason] please use example.com [/edit]

[jdMorgan]

Where is this code located -- httpd.conf or .htaccess?
Do you have any other RewriteRules that work?
(If not, try a simple redirect to google.com to test.)

Jim

[Xoverride]

It is located in httpd.conf

I had several rewrite rules that did work. They just do not work well enough.

If you know how to rewrite the examples in my first post, please let me know.

[jdMorgan]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([^.]+)\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/ ajp://localhost:8009/example/account.form?account=%2 [P]

I'm not sure what your DNS or hosts file setup is. If this still loops, you can add a RewriteCond to stop it:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^8009$

Jim

[Xoverride]

I used this code that I got from someone and that worked! Thanks for your input anyway's . I don't know if your code works, but this is working for me now:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.example\.com)?$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([^\.]+)\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.example.com/example/exampaccount.form?account=%1 [P,L]

Thanks again

[edited by: engine at 2:17 pm (utc) on Jan. 17, 2008]

[edited by: jdMorgan at 3:00 pm (utc) on Jan. 17, 2008]
[edit reason] examplified [/edit]

[phranque]

by the way, welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com], Xoverride!

[jdMorgan]

I think you'll find that "account" is always being set to "www" when it is set...

Use "%2" in the RewriteRule substitution URL to correct this.

Jim