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JD Isaacks
Asked: 2011-02-10 12:12:56 +0800 CST

htaccess will not work

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On my new vps.net server .htaccess does not work. mod_rewrite is what the .htaccess is trying to do.

These are the steps I have done so far:

Added:

<Directory "/var/www/*">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

To /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Restart apache. /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

No luck.

Verified the .htaccess is actually there, it is.

Verified my apache2.conf has the line AccessFileName .htaccess, it does.

Edited /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Changed:

DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
       Options FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
       AllowOverride None
       Order allow,deny
       allow from all
</Directory>

to:

DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
       Options FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
       AllowOverride All
       Order allow,deny
       allow from all
</Directory>

Restart apache. /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

No luck.

Do not know what to try next?

.htaccess

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Does rewrite.load appear in /etc/apache/mods-enabled/?

    If not, does it appear in /etc/apache/mods-available/?

    If it's in the latter and not the former, a2enmod rewrite and another restart of Apache should set you on your way -- this just creates a symlink in -enabled to the file in -available which tells Apache to load that module.

    If that doesn't work, do you get anything in /var/log/apache/error.log (or wherever your Apache instance logs its errors?)

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