[support] Troubleshooting URL rewrites

[Bill Fitzgerald]

Is mod_rewrite enabled?

This is usually all it takes, and mod_rewrite can generally be enabled 
by uncommenting one line in your httpd.conf file, and then restarting 
apache.

See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=apache+enable+mod_rewrite for 
more details --

If you can access your apache settings and enable mod_rewrite, then you 
shouldn't need to mess around with any rewrite base details.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Bill



Amanda B Hickman wrote:
> Yes! It would be nice if drupal gave me a little more information about
> just what fails. It sends you off to
> http://staging.example.com/drupal/admin/settings/clean-urls
>
> where you see a "404: Not Found" error. All my logs say is that I tried
> to reach a page that didn't exist (er, and that the page was
> http://staging.example.com/drupal/admin/settings/clean-urls which,
> indeed, does not exist)
>
> I did read through http://drupal.org/node/15365
>
> I did set the rewrite base.
>
> Changing the Apache <directory> directive to "AllowOverride All" does
> work, but I'd like to limit the change to the drupal directory, which I
> haven't been able to do.
>
>      15  <Directory /srv/apache2/staging/drupal/>
>      16  AllowOverride All
>      17  </Directory>
>
> Doesn't get me anywhere.
>
> Adding a rewrite base to the directory setting doesn't help anything:
>
>      15  <Directory /srv/apache2/staging/drupal/>
>      16  AllowOverride All
>      17  RewriteEngine On
>      18  RewriteBase /drupal
>      19  </Directory>
>
> I don't know any more tricks, myself. I'm not sure how to interpret the
> rewrite rule suggested on drupal.org ...
>
>  <Directory /var/www/example.com>
>    RewriteEngine on
>    RewriteBase /
>    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
>    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
>    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
> </Directory>
>
> I realize that this is an Apache question at this point, but it requires
> just enough knowledge of Drupal that I sort of need help here. If anyone
> has any insights or fortitude with Apache configuration, I'd like to
> resolve this.
>
> Thanks,
> Amanda
>
>
>   
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:57:48 -0400
>> From: Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net>
>> Subject: Re: [support] Troubleshooting URL rewrites
>> To: support at drupal.org
>> Message-ID: <20071023075748.nht2yotlrkwk8s0s at mail.progw.org>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset=ISO-8859-1;	format="flowed"
>>
>> Quoting Amanda B Hickman <amanda at velociraptor.info>:
>>
>>     
>>> Currently, the "clean url" test just fails.
>>>
>>>       
>> It'd be kind if it would tell you why now wouldn't it?  I've never had 
>> one fail.  Have you looked at the php and server log files?  Perhaps 
>> the watchdog table gives a clue?  Do you need to set the RewriteBase?
>>
>> Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
>> -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
>>     
>
>   


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