Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apache2
The configuration file under /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default (or 000-default) is set up so that the allow override all setting wont work when directories or files under /var/www are called as a site. The values at install are : DocumentRoot /var/www/ <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride all </Directory> <Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride none Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> Whereas, for mod_rewrite to work correctly, they should be DocumentRoot /var/www/ <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All </Directory> <Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> For the record, I have chaged the first and second AllowOverride to All. The caps A seems to be *VERY* important. ** Affects: apache2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Apace2 default configuration incorrect for allowoverride https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276145 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs