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Asked: 2026-05-13T21:42:21+00:00

This is a follow-up to this question. I am trying to build a mod_rewrite

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This is a follow-up to this question.

I am trying to build a mod_rewrite rule where the rewriting target is an absolute path outside the web root, like

RewriteRule ^manual(/(.*))?$ /www/htdocs/customername/manual/$2 [L]

I need to do this because I can’t use Alias in a .htaccess context (shared hosting).

There are responses hinting at this not being possible at all.

Is this true? I can’t find any clear info in the manual.

Could somebody clarify when absolute paths are possible, and when they are not?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It is certainly possible to use absolute file paths in your server config.

    You won’t be able to do that in a .htaccess file though, since that would give you access to read files outside your document root, even files from other customers that were supposed to be protected by a <Location ...> block.

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