Clean URLs in OS X Server

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Clean URLs in OS X Server

I'm attempting to use mod_rewrite on my OS X Server install, but not having a great deal of luck. The module is enabled through Server Admin, I've modified /etc/Apache2/httpd.conf to set AllowOverride All for "/", and restarted Web services. Still, no dice. My .htaccess file functions perfectly on a non OS X Server... what might I be missing?

Thanks,

Jeff

Intel xServe, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Nov 4, 2009 7:46 AM

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Camelot

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Nov 4, 2009 9:54 AM in response to jkirsch

Not enough info to answer the question.

For one, what's not working. Are the rewrite rules not running at all? Have you enabled RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel to capture the rewrite logic (this will tell you whether your rewrite rules are running, but don't think they need to do any rewriting, or whether they're not running at all).

Secondly, you say you've added an AllowOverride All in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf but what about in your specific site configurations? It's possible that there's an additional 'AllowOverride None' statement in the virtual host configuration and that will take precedence over the httpd.conf version.

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jkirsch Author

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Nov 5, 2009 6:37 AM in response to Camelot

Got it. Didn't know about the individual configurations in /etc/apache2/sites. Allow-ed overrides there and all is well.

Many thanks,

Jeff

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