I have a server running the typical Apache (v1.3.26), PHP (v4.1.2), MySql (3.23.49) setup on Linux (dunno which distro).

Im having a hard time getting .htaccess files to work.

I talked to the guy that owns/runs the server, hes a friend of mine, and he said all I had to do was add the necessary stuff in my .conf file. The server is home to a few people, and I have a few sites on it. When I log in there is a "etc" and "sites" folder. The "sites" folder is where all my web files go...the "etc" is where the dns setting files and the .conf's for all my sites are.

I have a development server that I run at home (Apache2, PHP v4.3.11, MySQL v3.23.49 on Windows XP)....So I edited the "mywebsite1.conf" file and added the same values I have in my home Apache .conf file to try and get .htaccess to work.

No go. They still dont work on my website. There is no CPanel or anything like that, but I did have him restart Apache after I uploaded my changed .conf file.

In all of my "Directory" tags on all of my Virtual Hosts I have:


Which is what I have at home, and it works just fine. What am I doing wrong? Is there a master .conf file that has to be edited? And if so, what specific line/code has to be added or changed?

Thanks.