mod_rewrite works but is causing error log spam

**EA Durbin** · Feb 1 '08, 07:20 PM

I have enabled mod_rewrite on my server and it successfully rewrites URL's and works nicely, but then it logs the URL to be rewritten as "File does not exist" .... in the error log

My http.conf section

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName customers.foo.com
    ServerAdmin webmaster@foo.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/portal
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
    RewriteRule ^/logout$ /portal.php?iLogout=1 [NS,L]
    RewriteRule ^/register/submit$ /register.php?sAction=register [NS,L]
    RewriteRule ^/register$ /register.php [NS,L]
    RewriteRule ^/password/submit$ /reset.php?sAction=reset [NS,L]
    RewriteRule ^/password$ /reset.php [NS,L]
    RewriteRule ^/login$ /index.php [NS,L]
    ErrorLog logs/cust_error_log
    CustomLog logs/cust_access common
</VirtualHost>

Rewrite Log lines

Code:

192.168.0.209 - - [01/Feb/2008:12:48:54 --0600] [customers.foo.com/sid#80519538][rid#80744800/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/password/submit$' to uri '/password/submit'
192.168.0.209 - - [01/Feb/2008:12:48:54 --0600] [customers.foo.com/sid#80519538][rid#80744800/initial] (2) rewrite '/password/submit' -> '/reset.php?sAction=reset'
>

and resulting error log line

Code:

[Fri Feb 01 12:48:54 2008] [error] [client 192.168.0.209] File does not exist: /var/www/portal/password, referer: http://customers.foo.com/password/submit
>

Any suggestions?