Inability to get Apache to use mod_rewrite

I'm using Apache/2.0.52 (Win32) PHP/4.4.0 as a test site for my web
site. The test site contains a copy of the .htaccess file from the web
server and this works perfectly.

My test site phpadmin call shows that mod_rewrite is loaded but I cannot
get it to read the .htaccess file. I've read several postings in this
newsgroup and tried various solutions without success. Using previous
posts, I've placed a line in the .htaccess file which simply states
"BOGUS" and there is no error message.

The apache log file simply states [Sat Nov 12 12:48:25 2005] [error]
[client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache2/htdocs/WWW/Xcalibre_phpOct05/page67.html

The http.conf file has these lines to load mod_rewrite and to gain
access to .htaccess:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
AccessFileName .htaccess

I have also added a hash to this line as suggested in a posting to
someone else by HansH:
#AllowOverride None

Any help would be much appreciated


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Stephen Layton

willockguard-newsgoup@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> I have also added a hash to this line as suggested in a posting to
> someone else by HansH:
> #AllowOverride None

Make sure, you've set AllowOverride to FileInfo for your
<Directoty>-Container for the htdocs folder, i.e.

<Directoty "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs">
AllowOverride FileInfo
Options +FollowSymlinks
</Directory>

Don't edit <Directoty />, but the container containing the path for your
htdocs.

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Robert

In message <43760abb$1_1@x-privat.org>, Robert Ionescu
<robsiegen@gmail.com> writes
>willockguard-newsgoup@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>> I have also added a hash to this line as suggested in a posting to
>>someone else by HansH:
>> #AllowOverride None
>
>Make sure, you've set AllowOverride to FileInfo for your
><Directoty>-Container for the htdocs folder, i.e.
>
><Directoty "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs">
> AllowOverride FileInfo
> Options +FollowSymlinks
></Directory>
>
>Don't edit <Directoty />, but the container containing the path for
>your htdocs.
>
Robert

Many thanks for your reply.

It now works perfectly.

With thanks.

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Stephen Layton