From: Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:49:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Attemps to clarify a rather cryptic error message.
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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
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diff --git a/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c b/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c
index ef8bf678550..e9ee6418eb9 100644
--- 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;
     }