<div dir="ltr">First off, please go to the Drupal Handbook and read the section on Clean URLs: <a href="http://drupal.org/node/15365">http://drupal.org/node/15365</a><br><br>"Take a deep breath" and read the introductory howto article, and carry that out, and then only if necessary, any special case articles you feel might help.<br>
<br>Apart from that (the most important), on the basis of what you are saying here, you just need to make a VirtualHost entry for each document root, not for subdirectories.<br><br>The document root is the top-most directory where something like index.html or index.php can be invoked.<br>
<br>If I make a directory: /home/myproject/html, where I am thinking of placing a Drupal virtual host for a project (so I would have /home/myproject/html/index.php), the following works for me:<br><br><VirtualHost *><br>
ServerName <a href="http://myproject.example.com">myproject.example.com</a><br> DocumentRoot /home/myproject/html<br> <Directory "/home/myproject/html"><br> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews<br>
AllowOverride All<br> </Directory><br></VirtualHost><br><br>Then, we assume that the url <a href="http://myproject.example.com">myproject.example.com</a> either has an A entry in your DNS zone configuration (configured subdomain) or temporarily exists in the /etc/hosts file of your client.<br>
<br>What is your DNS setup? What exactly do you mean when you say "/var/www/html/gn-qa maps to /home/myname"?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Steve Edwards <<a href="mailto:killshot91@comcast.net">killshot91@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>In the example you give, /var/www/html/gn-qa would need to be the document root (i.e. index.php would work there).<br><br>Also, you say it is colocation; so, did you install and enable the Apache mod_rewrite module? That is necessary for clean URLs, as seen in the Drupal Handbook Documentation page.<br>
<br>Victor Kane<br><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a><br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
That saga continues...<br>
<br>
I've been trying for a couple hours now to get my clean URLs to work by modifying httpd.conf, but nothing seems to work. I added<br>
the following to the httpd.conf file<br>
<br>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c><br>
RewriteEngine On<br>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f<br>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d<br>
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]<br>
</IfModule><br>
<br>
and reloaded, but I still get "The requested URL /xxxxx was not found on this server." for every link I try to go to. I can get<br>
to each page using the non-clean URLs.<br>
<br>
I also tried adding to this<br>
<br>
<VirtualHost *:80><br>
ServerName <a href="http://cms-qa.goosenetworks.com" target="_blank">cms-qa.goosenetworks.com</a><br>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/gn-qa<br>
</VirtualHost><br>
<br>
to get this:<br>
<br>
<VirtualHost *:80><br>
ServerName <a href="http://cms-qa.goosenetworks.com" target="_blank">cms-qa.goosenetworks.com</a><br>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/gn-qa<br>
<Directory /var/www/html/gn-qa><br>
AllowOverride All<br>
</Directory><br>
</VirtualHost><br>
<br>
Now /var/www/html/gn-qa maps to /home/myname. Is /home/myname what needs to go in <Directory>? Also, Do I need quotes around the<br>
directory path/name?<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Steve (just about to pull out what's left of his hair).<br>
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-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: Re: [support] Disappearing .htaccess File<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:11:02 -0700<br>
From: Steve Edwards <<a href="mailto:killshot91@comcast.net">killshot91@comcast.net</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
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OK, it's a collocated box, and I got root access to it. Where do I find the Apache config files? I've been poking around and<br>
haven't found them yet.<br>
<br>
Steve<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:philip@philipnet.com">philip@philipnet.com</a> wrote:<br>
> Hi Steve,<br>
><br>
> If it's not your client, then it's the server.<br>
> I've used hosting companies before where they won't show the .htaccess<br>
> file (or any file starting with '.') in a directory listing. In those<br>
> cases the companies have recommended keeping a local copy of the<br>
> .htaccess or .htpasswd file(s) in case you ever need to amend them.<br>
><br>
> And what about the Apache configuration?<br>
> Can you confirm that that allows .htaccess files to override the settings?<br>
> Because of a performance hit when using .htaccess files some hosts<br>
> don't allow .htaccess files.<br>
><br>
> Regards.<br>
><br>
> Philipnet.<br>
><br>
> Quoting "Steve Edwards" <<a href="mailto:killshot91@comcast.net">killshot91@comcast.net</a>>:<br>
><br>
>> I'm using FileZilla, and I can see the .htaccess file just fine on<br>
>> my own server. I can upload and download to and from that<br>
>> server and see the file (and also on other servers) without a problem.<br>
>><br>
>> The reason I don't think it is there is because none of my links<br>
>> work. I'm using clean URLs and the home page shows fine, but<br>
>> every link I click on gives the "URL /xxxxx not found on this<br>
>> server" error message.<br>
>><br>
>> I can't access the .conf file. My FTP access puts me in the Drupal<br>
>> root, which is a subdomain. I tried modifying Base_Rewrite,<br>
>> but that does no good since the .htaccess isn't even there in the<br>
>> first place.<br>
>><br>
>> Steve<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="mailto:philip@philipnet.com">philip@philipnet.com</a> wrote:<br>
>>> Quoting "Steve Edwards" <<a href="mailto:killshot91@comcast.net">killshot91@comcast.net</a>>:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> I've been working on a customer site on my server, and I uploaded it<br>
>>>> to the client server today. The front page displayed fine,<br>
>>>> but when I click on any links, I get page not found errors. I'm<br>
>>>> using clean URLs on my server (like I do on every project), and I<br>
>>>> noticed that the .htaccess file was missing. I uploaded it twice,<br>
>>>> but when I go to another folder and come back, it's gone, as if<br>
>>>> I never uploaded it in the first place. I asked the client about<br>
>>>> it, and they know of nothing that would do that. Has anybody<br>
>>>> seen this before, or know how to fix it?<br>
>>> Hey Steve,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Under UNIX/Linux any file that starts with a '.' is considered a<br>
>>> hidden file - i.e. a file that's not normally shown when you list the<br>
>>> contents of a directory.<br>
>>><br>
>>> There should be an option on your FTP client to show hidden files.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Note that even if hidden, the .htaccess file still exists and should<br>
>>> take effect. However it sounds like it doesn't. Can you examine/modify<br>
>>> the Apache configuration so that .htaccess file take effect?<br>
>>> Something like:<br>
>>><br>
>>> <Directory "/location/on/remote/server/to/drupal/installation"><br>
>>> Options All<br>
>>> AllowOverride All<br>
>>> </Directory><br>
>>><br>
>>> in the Apache configuration should work.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Regards.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Philipnet.<br>
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