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How to check apache conf for AllowOverride?
Posted by timmy5000, 05-11-2013, 12:44 AM |
On a tutorial, I'm required to do this but since I'm a newbie I don't know how and where.
2. Check apache conf for AllowOverride
by default apache install you will get:
change it to (AllowOverride All) :
* you can replace /var/www/html to where the path of your software installed.
Sorry for too many questions lately.
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Posted by electronicboy, 05-11-2013, 10:10 AM |
The file is usually in,
/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
but, In distributions such as ubuntu,
there is a sites-avaliable folder in the conf directory, and you would want to edit the file called "default"
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Posted by khunj, 05-11-2013, 12:01 PM |
You can run the following command to get the full path to your loaded configuration files:
Edit them and restart your apache server.
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Posted by dlucian, 05-11-2013, 03:25 PM |
Checking for AllowOverride is usually done to see if you have .htaccess enabled in your directory. Whenever I feel like I have AllowOverride off, I edit the .htaccess and write some random characters in it and check the site if it fires 500 Internal Server Error.
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Posted by timmy5000, 05-12-2013, 11:24 PM |
I'm totally confused because my file was located at / etc/ httpd/ conf/ httpd.conf
And instead of the following text
I have just
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