MOD_REWRITE problem

I'm having a problem using mod_rewrite on apache on a new host
(godaddy.com).

They claim it is functioning properly, although I'm not getting any URL
translation to work.

I tried the exact same setup on two other hosts and they both work just
fine.

Even a simple .htaccess file like below doesn't work

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteRule ^test$ /upload.php

Does anybody have experience with this kind of problem ?

Thx,
Peter

On Oct 10, 11:07 pm, "Peter Bowie" <p...@blacksunsoftware.com> wrote:
> I'm having a problem using mod_rewrite on apache on a new host
> (godaddy.com).
>
> They claim it is functioning properly, although I'm not getting any URL
> translation to work.
>
> I tried the exact same setup on two other hosts and they both work just
> fine.
>
> Even a simple .htaccess file like below doesn't work

What do you mean by "doesn't work"? ... getting an error or something?

The problem may that AllowOverride for this VHost or directory doesn't
contain "FileInfo".

Doesn't work means in this case that the URL is not translated
and I'm getting a 'cannot access blabla.html on this server' message.

How can I check the AllowOverride for the VHost ?

P.

Just ask your Webhoster, or try this in a .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* http://example.com [R]

If this works, then your Rewriterule is wrong.

On Oct 11, 7:04 pm, "Peter Bowie" <p...@blacksunsoftware.com> wrote:
> Doesn't work means in this case that the URL is not translated
> and I'm getting a 'cannot access blabla.html on this server' message.
>
> How can I check the AllowOverride for the VHost ?
>
> P.