[ILUG] more https woes

[Gavin McCullagh]

On Sun, 09 Apr 2006, Bernhard Rohrer wrote:

> I am trying to do a redirect from http to https
> 
> OS is Ubuntu Hoary, Apache2.0.53
> 
> the redirect looks like this:
> 
>      redirect permanent http://www.sm-wg.net/sql-ledger 
> https://www.sm-wg.net/sql-ledger
>      Alias /sql-ledger /opt/sql-ledger/
> 
> the alias works, so mod_alias seems to work. no error messages, nothing.

The debian squirrelmail package offers a solution to this using mod_rewrite
as follows:

/etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf:

# redirect to https when available (thanks omen at descolada.dartmouth.edu)
#
#  Note: There are multiple ways to do this, and which one is suitable for
#  your site's configuration depends. Consult the apache documentation if
#  you're unsure, as this example might not work everywhere.
#
#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#  <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
#    <Location /squirrelmail>
#      RewriteEngine on
#      RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !^on$ [NC]
#      RewriteRule . https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}  [L]
#    </Location>
#  </IfModule>
#</IfModule>

Gavin