RewriteRule works on Apache 1.3, but not 2.2

So I have the following rule:

RewriteRule ^abc/$ ../domain.com/abc/def/?hl=de [L,QSA]

Code (markup):

It works on my local Apache 1.3, but doesn't work on my dedicated Apache 2.2.2. It's giving me the following error message:

Does anybody know why?

The paths are exactly the same on the both servers.

 

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^abc/$ abc/def/?hl=de [L,QSA]

 

Hi Nintendo,

thanks for you help. I already have the Options you mentioned in my httpd.conf.

The problem is that I don't want to use abc/def/?hl=de, but I want to get out of the document root and then get into another folder: ../domain.com/abc/def/?hl=de

Is this not allowed in Apache 2 anymore or is it a configuration issue, like an option in httpd.conf (I went through it yesterday but couldn't find anything)?

I even tried to do the following:

RewriteRule ^abc/$ http://www.domain.com/abc/def/?hl=de [L,QSA]

But it keeps redirecting http://sub.domain.com/abc/ to http://www.domain.com/abc/def/?hl=de.

 

Only time the domain.com part would need to be there is when doing a redirect.

 

OK, but I don't want to have a redirect.

Look:

I have some files in
/home/www/domain.com/abc/def/
that I want to use in the RewriteRules of the .htaccess in
/home/www/sub.domain.com/

Is this possible?

 

/home/www/domain.com/ isn't even supposed to be in .htaccess.

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^abc/$ abc/def/ [L]

makes domain.com/abc/ show the same thing as domain.com/abc/def/

Is this for just one URL? ([^.]+) and $1 is there's more than one directory.

 

But I need sub.domain.com to show domain.com/abc/def/?hl=de.

I want to make several subdomains, like sub2.domain.com, sub3.domain.com etc. to show domain.com/abc/def/?hl=en, domain.com/abc/def/?hl=pl etc.

 

Sorry, you're toast there. You would have to edit the apache file for that.

 

Do you mean the httpd.conf? I can do that -- please just tell me what I'd have to edit

 

I'm not sure what you have to change in that file to do it.

 

OK, I guess I'll have to do it the same way Menalto Gallery does it. Thanks anyway