<p>The .htacess file is used by apache. You need to have the allow override directive set in the httpd.conf for that or a parent directory. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 20 Feb 2011 20:14, "walt" <<a href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Hi,<br>> <br>> Has anyone got a surefire way of getting the .htaccess in Apache 2 to work?<br>
> The platform is Suse11.3 (VM). I'd truly like to understand and solve this<br>> one.<br>> <br>> I have been everywhere with this and applied every (dozens) of fixes most of<br>> which don't work and those that do are inconsistent like it works in Firefox<br>
> but not in IE or the error page works in FF but not in IE. Redirect has<br>> never worked in any browser. I have even added comments to html files to<br>> increase their size and get round the IE problem of not picking up files<br>
> smaller than 1kb. The other interesting feature is that, on the rare<br>> occasions when it does work and the .htaccess file has been changed to<br>> different instructions, the old instructions continue to be executed even<br>
> after clearing the browser cache, restarting the server, restarting the<br>> client pc, ditching the cookies and changing the target html/php files'<br>> content.<br>> <br>> I have worked my way through the Apache manual and messed around with<br>
> httpd.conf and then re-installed everything but to no avail. My next move<br>> was to install a WAMP server to see if that works but I get the same<br>> symptoms there. <br>> <br>> Is it Apache that deals with .htaccess or the browser or both? I know that<br>
> it has to be enabled in the apache conf file which it is and permission are<br>> set correctly.<br>> <br>> Any help, explanations, pointers advice would be greatly appreciated.<br>> Further details are available too.<br>
> <br>> Many thanks, Walt<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Watford mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">Watford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
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