Apache Web Server .htaccess File Configuration Not working

by Vivek Gite on March 19, 2008 · 11 comments

Q. I'm using CentOS Linux server with Apache 2 and PHP. I've created .htaccess file for URL rewrting and other configuration options. However, my Apache version 2 .htaccess configuration is not working at all. How do I fix this problem?

Q. .htaccess is Apache's directory-level configuration file. It allows end user to congigure authentication and other options without editing main httpd.conf file.

Make sure AccessFileName set to .htaccess

Search httpd.conf for AccessFileName directive. It defines name of the distributed configuration file:
# grep -i AccessFileName httpd.conf

Make sure users are allowed to use .htaccess file

What you can put in these files is determined by the AllowOverride directive. This directive specifies, in categories, what directives will be honored if they are found in a .htaccess file. If this directive is set to None, then .htaccess files are completely ignored. In this case, the server will not even attempt to read .htaccess files in the filesystem.
# grep -i AllowOverride httpd.conf
When this directive is set to All, then any directive which has the .htaccess Context is allowed in .htaccess files:
AllowOverride ALL
Save and close the file. Restart httpd:
# service httpd restart

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{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

1 webdesign June 18, 2008

Well i tried that with apache2 but i only found a AllowOverride None wich is uncommented! and httpd.con seems te be apache2.conf … maybe a little help would be nice :)

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2 webdesign etten-leur November 25, 2008

Great tutorial. We use Apache too. thanks

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3 Marcos February 10, 2010

Really thanks buddy. Save my day.

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4 jsherk June 27, 2010

Thanks for this…
AllowOveride was set to None. changed it to All and now my htaccess files work!

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5 anon November 5, 2010

If it doesn’t work search for more than one occurance of AllowOverride. Drove me mad! Thanx :D

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6 Chris January 15, 2011

This just helped me fix my server. Thanks!

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7 selvakumar July 13, 2011

The htaccess file in ftp where we have to upload( which directory)
please help me any one.

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8 ganesh August 31, 2011

Thanks

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9 Edy September 9, 2011

Great! Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

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10 Chaim January 19, 2012

Excellent, just what I needed. Thanks!

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11 Kirby February 9, 2012

Thanks. Short and Sweet.

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