RewriteRule in root .htaccess not working

Apparently due to subdirectory .htaccess file

[cschults]

In my root .htaccess file, I have the following RewriteRule that is not working:

RewriteRule ^dir1/dir2/dir3/(.*)$ /dir1/dir2/index.html [R,L]

I believe it is due to another .htaccess file in /dir1/dir2/ because as soon as I remove it, my first rule works.

Now, I can simply move the single rule in /dir1/dir2/ to my root .htaccess, but I don't understand why there is a conflict.

[jdMorgan]

That would rather depend on *what* the rule in the subdirectory is, what it's intended to do, and whether you have (and/or want) RewriteOptions inherit enabled.

Jim

[cschults]

RewriteOptions inherit does NOT appear to be enabled. And I don't think the single RewriteRule should not be the culprit:

RewriteRule ^pdf/?$ /pdf/some_file.pdf

[jdMorgan]

What URLs are you testing with? A request for /dir1/dir2/pdf/ will certainly cause the /dir1/dir2/.htaccess file to override the /.htaccess file's rule, but that's the only 'collision' I see. What are your DirectoryIndex settings? Do you have MultiViews or AcceptPathInfo enabled?

Jim

[cschults]

DirectoryIndex index.cgi index.html index.html.var

And I don't believe MultiViews or AcceptPathInfo are enabled.

The two URLs in question are such that there should not be any collision. Since moving one of the rules, all is well, so I'm going to let this be for now.

Thanks for you help, again!

Chris