apache2 and .htaccess

[Tony Arnold]

Michael,

Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> OK, I'm missing something obvious; I'll admit that up front.
> 
> I need to process .htaccess on my test server running apache2. The only 
> AllowOverride directives in my apache2.conf read
> 	AllowOverride All
> 
> I In sites-available/default, I have
>         DocumentRoot /var/www/
>         <Directory />
>                 Options FollowSymLinks
>                 AllowOverride All
>         </Directory>
>         <Directory /var/www/>
>                 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
>                 AllowOverride All
>                 Order allow,deny
>                 allow from all
>                 # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start 
> page
>                 # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
>                 #RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
>         </Directory>
> 
> My .htaccess file is still not being processed. (I did restart apache2 after 
> making these changes). I'm sure what I'm missing is obvious, but I don't see 
> it. Can anyone help?

Do you have the following in your apache2.conf file:

	AccessFileName .htaccess

If not, could you post the .htaccess file and say which directory it is in?

Regards,
Tony.
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