[support] Base URL Problem

[Earl Miles]

Ron Mahon wrote:
> I am setting up a new test server on Ubunt Linux. Every thing was 
> looking Good, until I tried to get past the first page in Drupal.
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> I copy this whole site directory from Windows to Linux the databases are 
> identical every thing is the same.
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> Except that the windows machine used php5. The Linux machine is using 
> php4.3.
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> I figure it’s something to do with the apache 2 setup or configuration.
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> This is the base string
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> $base_url = 'http://localhost/inmrc';
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> This is the error I get.
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> The requested URL /inmrc/user was not found on this server.

Did you get the .htaccess file copied over? Windows didn't need it, and .files 
in Linux are hidden so cp won't see them without specifying them specifically. 
The .htaccess is how Apache knows to send those not founds to Drupal.