Apache mod_rewrite to return a 404 except one directory

Question

I'm trying to configure Apache to return a default 404 page when the / of DocumentRoot is called, except for some directories in that DocumentRoot

Unfortunately, I'm getting a 404 even for the directories that have been specified in the RewriteCond directive.

Here is my setup :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} !/dir1/
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} !/dir2/
RewriteRule (.*) - [R=404,L]

Thanks for your help !

Answer 1

In the future, this might be of use: http://www.latenightpc.com/blog/archives/2007/09/05/a-couple-ways-to-debug-mod_rewrite