[mapserver-users] Troubles masking wmf service via mod_rewrite

[Nico Alberti]

Hi everybody and sorry if my question is both lame and mostly due to my 
lack of knowledge in using mod_rewrite, but I am having trouble changing 
the Resource URL of my wms service. I followed the instructions at 
http://mapserver.org/ogc/wms_server.html#online-resource-wms so I wrote 
this .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule gisservice?(.*) 
/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/osm-demo/mapserver-utils-svn/osm-google.map&$1

The problem is that when a client invokes: 
http://127.0.0.1/gisservice?VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

i get the error "Traditional BROWSE mode requires a TEMPLATE..." 
because, from what I see trying to debug mod_rewrite, all the arguments 
(except the map one) are stripped away from the url.

Can anybody give me some hint? I can live without rewtiting the url, I 
would love to understand what's going wrong.

Thank you in advance and sorry for my poor English.