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Dokuwiki is generally working. No .htaccess is permitted, but the last set of rules in the Apache section of url rewriting is installed in the vhost config. Unfortunately images are blocked.
The rewrite has the appearance of working:
82.69.97.114 - - [22/Feb/2011:19:18:01 +0000] [council.kirkbymoorside.org/sid#b68e198][rid#b946798/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/_media/(.*)' to uri '/_media/councillogo.png'
82.69.97.114 - - [22/Feb/2011:19:18:01 +0000] [council.kirkbymoorside.org/sid#b68e198][rid#b946798/initial] (2) rewrite '/_media/councillogo.png' -> '/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=councillogo.png'
82.69.97.114 - - [22/Feb/2011:19:18:01 +0000] [council.kirkbymoorside.org/sid#b68e198][rid#b946798/initial] (3) split uri=/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=councillogo.png -> uri=/lib/exe/fetch.php, args=media=councillogo.png
82.69.97.114 - - [22/Feb/2011:19:18:01 +0000] [council.kirkbymoorside.org/sid#b68e198][rid#b946798/initial] (2) local path result: /lib/exe/fetch.php
82.69.97.114 - - [22/Feb/2011:19:18:01 +0000] [council.kirkbymoorside.org/sid#b68e198][rid#b946798/initial] (1) go-ahead with /lib/exe/fetch.php [OK]
However, the error log contains
[Tue Feb 22 19:18:01 2011] [error] [client 82.69.97.114] client denied by server configuration: /lib/exe
and the image is not served.
The URL .../lib/exe/fetch.php?media=councillogo.png shows the image without a problem.
I'm not aware of a rule in the Apache configs that would block /lib/exe. How can I track down the problem?