apache & mod_rewrite problems

Hi im running suse9.3 perfect setup
my problem is when a script is installed its using .htaccess files to control the virtual urls,
ie: http://site.com/register
not http://site.com/register.php
my apache installation shows mod_rewrite in the phpinfo but the urls are not working?
Does anyone have any idea how i can possibly find out what the problem is?

here is a sample of the .htaccess file controling the urls.
thanks in advance

 

What's in the Apache logs (access.log and error.log) when you try to access http://site.com/register ?

 

RewriteEngine On is at the top of the .htaccess
I checked the error.log and i this is the error displayed when i view the pages,

with the .htaccess file in place i get 500 internal server error.
When i remove it i can see the pages but all links are missing the .php extension.
heres the error log for when i click the link with no .php extension

 

Normally rewrite rules should work in an ISPConfig web site ( http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38 ).
I guess one of the other directives is causing problems. Can you remove anything but what is related to mod_rewrite from the .htaccess file and try again?

 

i set the httpd.conf files .htaccess settings to allowoveride all and i still get a 500 internal server error?

Code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

AddType text/xml .xslt

<Files *.xslt>
	SetHandler text/xml
</Files>

<IfModule !mod_php4.c>

	<IfModule !mod_php5.c>

		# PHP is in CGI Mode, so we need a different mod_rewrite

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !categories\.php
		RewriteRule ^categories(.*) categories.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !articles\.php
		RewriteRule ^articles(.*)$ articles.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !pages\.php
		RewriteRule ^pages(.*)$ pages.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !blogs\.php
		RewriteRule ^blogs(.*)$ blogs.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !search.php
		RewriteRule ^search(.*)$ search\.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !authors.php
		RewriteRule ^authors(.*)$ authors\.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !articlerss.php
		RewriteRule ^articlerss(.*)$ articlerss\.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !news.php
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !newsrss.php
		RewriteRule ^news(.*)$ news.php?$1 [L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !contact.php
		RewriteRule ^contact(.*)$ contact\.php?$1 [L]
		

	</IfModule>

	<IfModule mod_php5.c>
		
		# Using PHP 5 in module mode

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} categories.*
		RewriteRule ^categories(.*)$ categories.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} articles.*
		RewriteRule ^articles(.*)$ articles.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} pages.*
		RewriteRule ^pages(.*)$ pages.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} blogs.*
		RewriteRule ^blogs(.*)$ blogs.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} search.*
		RewriteRule ^search(.*)$ search.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} authors.*
		RewriteRule ^authors(.*)$ authors.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} articlerss.*
		RewriteRule ^articlerss(.*)$ articlerss.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} news.*
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !newsrss
		RewriteRule ^news(.*)$ news.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]
		
		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} contact.*
		RewriteRule ^contact(.*)$ contact.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	</IfModule>

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_php4.c>

	# PHP 4 in module mode

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} categories.*
	RewriteRule ^categories(.*)$ categories.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} articles.*
	RewriteRule ^articles(.*)$ articles.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} pages.*
	RewriteRule ^pages(.*)$ pages.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} blogs.*
	RewriteRule ^blogs(.*)$ blogs.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} search.*
	RewriteRule ^search(.*)$ search.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} authors.*
	RewriteRule ^authors(.*)$ authors.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} articlerss.*
	RewriteRule ^articlerss(.*)$ articlerss.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} news.*
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !newsrss
	RewriteRule ^news(.*)$ news.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]
	
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} contact.*
	RewriteRule ^contact(.*)$ contact.php?$1 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]

</IfModule>

here is my httpd.conf

Code:

# forbid access to the entire filesystem by default
<Directory />
    Options +Includes +FollowSymlinks -Indexes
    AllowOverride all
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

# use .htaccess files for overriding,
AccessFileName .htaccess
# and never show them
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    Deny from all
</Files>

ive tried changing and restarting the apache server with no luck?

 

500 internal server error

i have a fresh install of ISPConfig

i am having this same problem

did you solve yours?

we use several different htaccess files

every one of them gives me the err

500 internal server error

this is mission critial for me...

i cannot even find the file httpd.conf -- what is the server path to this file?

in my old server - we enabled htaccess on a persite basis like this >

<Directory /home/.sites/120/site53/web>
Options -Indexes
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

is thsi something we can use here?

where is the httpd.conf file

thank you

 

finally i found this

.............

very easy to do!

many thanks to hans
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Probably .htaccess files are not allowed on your system.
You can add the following to the Apache directives field of your website:

<Directory "/var/www/web1/web">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Where, web1 is your own webnumber.
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Hans