Attemps to clarify a rather cryptic error message.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1084698 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c b/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c
index ef8bf6785504e685b8d9ab785da8d42fa0524168..e9ee6418eb9d425e5939f3551eac1253b13a1b93 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c
+++ b/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c
@@ -4728,8 +4728,9 @@ static int hook_fixup(request_rec *r)
     if (!(ap_allow_options(r) & (OPT_SYM_LINKS | OPT_SYM_OWNER))) {
         /* FollowSymLinks is mandatory! */
         ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
-                     "Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off "
-                     "which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden: "
+                     "Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off, "
+                     "so the RewriteRule directive is also forbidden "
+                     "due to its similar ability to circumvent directory restrictions : "
                      "%s", r->filename);
         return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
     }