I installed apache2.2, php5, and mysql all with apt-get install. I am using vmware for a Ubuntu 11.04 VM. I am having trouble getting .htaccess being read in the document root. Here is my apache.conf:
# # The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK. # LockFile ${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}/accept.lock # # PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process # identification number when it starts. # This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars # PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE} # # Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out. # Timeout 300 # # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than # one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate. # KeepAlive On # # MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow # during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount. # We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance. # MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 # # KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the # same client on the same connection. # KeepAliveTimeout 15 ## ## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific) ## # prefork MPM # StartServers: number of server processes to start # MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare # MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare # MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start # MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves <IfModule mpm_prefork_module> StartServers 5 MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 10 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 </IfModule> # worker MPM # StartServers: initial number of server processes to start # MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare # MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare # ThreadLimit: ThreadsPerChild can be changed to this maximum value during a # graceful restart. ThreadLimit can only be changed by stopping # and starting Apache. # ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process # MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections # MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves <IfModule mpm_worker_module> StartServers 2 MinSpareThreads 25 MaxSpareThreads 75 ThreadLimit 64 ThreadsPerChild 25 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 </IfModule> # event MPM # StartServers: initial number of server processes to start # MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare # MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare # ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process # MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections # MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves <IfModule mpm_event_module> StartServers 2 MinSpareThreads 25 MaxSpareThreads 75 ThreadLimit 64 ThreadsPerChild 25 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 </IfModule> # These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars User ${APACHE_RUN_USER} Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP} # # AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory # for additional configuration directives. See also the AllowOverride # directive. # AccessFileName .htaccess # # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being # viewed by Web clients. # <Files ~ "^\.ht"> Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy all </Files> # # DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document # if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions. # If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is # a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications # or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to # keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are # text. # DefaultType text/plain # # HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses # e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off). # The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people # had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that # each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the # nameserver. # HostnameLookups Off # ErrorLog: The location of the error log file. # If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost> # container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be # logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost> # container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here. # ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log # # LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log. # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. # LogLevel warn # Include module configuration: Include mods-enabled/*.load Include mods-enabled/*.conf # Include all the user configurations: Include httpd.conf # Include ports listing Include ports.conf # # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with # a CustomLog directive (see below). # If you are behind a reverse proxy, you might want to change %h into %{X-Forwarded-For}i # LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O" common LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent # Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files, # see README.Debian for details. # Include generic snippets of statements Include conf.d/ # Include the virtual host configurations: Include sites-enabled/ Here is httpd.conf, please notice the DocumentRoto and the Directory directives.:
DocumentRoot /var/www <Directory /var> AllowOverride All </Directory> LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so RewriteLog /var/rewrite.log RewriteLogLevel 9 Here is the .htaccess file it sits in /var because it is not read if I put it in /var/www:
Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^/?((?:.+?)[^/])$ /$1/ [L,R=301] I want this rule to simply append a / at the end of a url if it is not already there. It sort of works... if I go to localhsot/t it takes me to localhost/www/t/ and if I take the / off of that it takes me to localhost/wwww/www/t/ and so on. It keeps adding a /www and a / at the end. I think this has to do with my problem with where the .htaccess file is. I believe it should be in my document root (/var/www) but apache will not read it from here even if I have specified in httpd.conf.
Any Ideas? Some more background and a long back and forth with a very helpful developer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11586074/making-rewriterule-to-mock-reddits-or-rails/11586401#comment15335191_11586401
Edit: here is the mod_rewrite log (with debug set to 9):
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Jul/2012:19:11:46 --0500] [localhost/sid#213e6480][rid#2159b028 /initial] (3) [perdir /var/] add path info postfix: /var/www/www -> /var/www/www/r/all/ 127.0.0.1 - - [24/Jul/2012:19:11:46 --0500] [localhost/sid#213e6480][rid#2159b028/initial] (3) [perdir /var/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/www/r/all/ -> www/www/r/all/ 127.0.0.1 - - [24/Jul/2012:19:11:46 --0500] [localhost/sid#213e6480][rid#2159b028/initial] (3) [perdir /var/] applying pattern '^/?((?:.+?)[^/])$' to uri 'www/www/r/all/' 127.0.0.1 - - [24/Jul/2012:19:11:46 --0500] [localhost/sid#213e6480][rid#2159b028/initial] (1) [perdir /var/] pass through /var/www/www 
<Directory /var/www>around theAllowOverridedirective?