[support] Disappearing .htaccess File

[philip at philipnet.com]

Hi Steve,

If it's not your client, then it's the server.
I've used hosting companies before where they won't show the .htaccess  
file (or any file starting with '.') in a directory listing. In those  
cases the companies have recommended keeping a local copy of the  
.htaccess or .htpasswd file(s) in case you ever need to amend them.

And what about the Apache configuration?
Can you confirm that that allows .htaccess files to override the settings?
Because of a performance hit when using .htaccess files some hosts  
don't allow .htaccess files.

Regards.

Philipnet.

Quoting "Steve Edwards" <killshot91 at comcast.net>:

> I'm using FileZilla, and I can see the .htaccess file just fine on  
> my own server.  I can upload and download to and from that
> server and see the file (and also on other servers) without a problem.
>
> The reason I don't think it is there is because none of my links  
> work.  I'm using clean URLs and the home page shows fine, but
> every link I click on gives the "URL /xxxxx not found on this  
> server" error message.
>
> I can't access the .conf file.  My FTP access puts me in the Drupal  
> root, which is a subdomain.  I tried modifying Base_Rewrite,
> but that does no good since the .htaccess isn't even there in the  
> first place.
>
> Steve
>
> philip at philipnet.com wrote:
>> Quoting "Steve Edwards" <killshot91 at comcast.net>:
>>
>>> I've been working on a customer site on my server, and I uploaded it
>>> to the client server today.  The front page displayed fine,
>>> but when I click on any links, I get page not found errors.  I'm
>>> using clean URLs on my server (like I do on every project), and I
>>> noticed that the .htaccess file was missing.  I uploaded it twice,
>>> but when I go to another folder and come back, it's gone, as if
>>> I never uploaded it in the first place.  I asked the client about
>>> it, and they know of nothing that would do that.  Has anybody
>>> seen this before, or know how to fix it?
>>
>> Hey Steve,
>>
>> Under UNIX/Linux any file that starts with a '.' is considered a
>> hidden file - i.e. a file that's not normally shown when you list the
>> contents of a directory.
>>
>> There should be an option on your FTP client to show hidden files.
>>
>> Note that even if hidden, the .htaccess file still exists and should
>> take effect. However it sounds like it doesn't. Can you examine/modify
>> the Apache configuration so that .htaccess file take effect?
>> Something like:
>>
>> <Directory "/location/on/remote/server/to/drupal/installation">
>>    Options All
>>    AllowOverride All
>> </Directory>
>>
>> in the Apache configuration should work.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Philipnet.
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