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Yarin
Asked: 2011-03-25 10:07:41 +0800 CST

How to check/enable mod_rewrite on Apache/Linux

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I can't get wordpress permalinks working on my Fedora LAMP server and expect it's due to mod_rewrite issue, but I can't figure out

  1. How do I check if mod_rewrite exists/is enabled?
  2. How do I install it (yum?) if it's not?

Any help appreciated. Thanks-

linux apache-2.2 mod-rewrite

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    mod_rewrite is already included in the httpd package, and is loaded in the default configuration. Use the RewriteEngine directive to enable it as required.

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  2. If you installed apache from your distribution then it almost certainly included mod_rewrite, it's just not being loaded. If you're on a debian-based distribution use a2enmod rewrite to enable it, otherwise you'll need to find the 

    LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so

    (or something similar) line in your httpd.conf file and uncomment it.

    If you built apache by hand, then assuming you also built mod_rewrite as a module, the httpd.conf fix applies to you, but if you didn't build mod_rewrite into apache and didn't build it as a module, you're going to have to recompile.

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  3. # a2enmod rewrite

    Does it help?

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