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.htaccess file is being ignored
I'm configuring a new server based on an ubuntu 8.04 image. I'm using apache 2.2.8 and am having a problem where the .htaccess files are being ignored by the server.
The apache2.conf file is attached. The file did not have AllowOverrides in it at all, so I was assuming that it defaults to "None", so I put the "AllowOverrides All" directive in that file under the /var/www directory where the .htaccess files reside. Apache restarts without complaint, but it still ignores the .htaccess files.
The other configuration files seem to be empty or do not contain any reference to AllowOverrides, so I'm not sure where the problem is coming from. Any ideas?
apache2-conf.txt
The apache2.conf file is attached. The file did not have AllowOverrides in it at all, so I was assuming that it defaults to "None", so I put the "AllowOverrides All" directive in that file under the /var/www directory where the .htaccess files reside. Apache restarts without complaint, but it still ignores the .htaccess files.
The other configuration files seem to be empty or do not contain any reference to AllowOverrides, so I'm not sure where the problem is coming from. Any ideas?
apache2-conf.txt
are you sure that conf is getting loaded?
Put an invalid directive in there and reload apache to test
Put an invalid directive in there and reload apache to test
ASKER
I tried changing ServerRoot to 'var/www' and that didn't help. The description of that variable is:
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
which if I understand it correctly should actually be /etc/apache2 and not /var/www
Then I put an invalid directive in the file and verified that apache would not restart and threw an error.
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
which if I understand it correctly should actually be /etc/apache2 and not /var/www
Then I put an invalid directive in the file and verified that apache would not restart and threw an error.
yes you're correct.(My typo mistake). .. you havent got /var/www defined anywhere..
you need a DocumentRoot directive
DocumentRoot "/var/www"
you need a DocumentRoot directive
DocumentRoot "/var/www"
and then change your
<Directory /var/www>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
to be
<Directory />
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
to be
<Directory />
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
are the .htaccess files readable by apache user?
can you access them using apache?
is apache serving pages ok otherwaise?
can you access them using apache?
is apache serving pages ok otherwaise?
> Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.con
check the config in there
check the config in there
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ASKER
Found it. It was in the sites-enabled directory. There was a symbolic link to a file that contained an AllowOverrides None in it. Thanks!!!
ASKER
Thanks. I looked at that before, but for some reason I ignored it because it was a symbolic link.
could be cause of your .htpasswd problem as well
ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"
not 'var/www'
change your ServerRoot and reload apache and try again..