0.7.61: error_page 404 woes

[Toni Mueller]

Hi,

On Thu, 16.07.2009 at 16:31:41 +0400, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:30:18AM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:
> > On Mon, 13.07.2009 at 23:57:34 +0400, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 08:48:29PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 13.07.2009 at 22:22:25 +0400, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 07:04:09PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:
> > > > > > error_page	404	/;
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > But this statement had no effect. I had to re-write the statement as
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > error_page	404	http://$server_name/;


> > in the first case, I see a standard 404 nginx error page. But I
> > expected nginx to display the same thing that I see in the second case
> > (I have a redirection for "/" to land somewhere else).
> 
> Could you show your configuration ?

sure, in parts. The website has a top level directory that contains only a
subdirectory for a language code, so people getting there should be redirected
to the appropriate subdirectory (currently only one).

Here are the relevant parts (logging configuration etc. snipped):


    server {
	...

	root		/....;

        error_page      404     http://$server_name/;

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This was formerly "error_page 404 /;"

        location = / {
                rewrite .       http://$server_name/de-de/;
        }

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the simple-minded redirection mentioned above. Later
on, this should be expanded to other languages.


        ...

    }




Kind regards,
--Toni++