From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 13 01:03:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E0CE10656A3 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:03:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@stilltech.net) Received: from mail.geekdelivery.com (mail.geekdelivery.com [206.75.152.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C648FC24 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:03:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@stilltech.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.geekdelivery.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16F1C1A99E6 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:03:17 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mail.geekdelivery.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wserver.geekdelivery.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id n1jy7nry49ll for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:03:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from dev.localnet (S010600179a299839.lb.shawcable.net [70.65.137.146]) by mail.geekdelivery.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 91D1B1A99F0 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:03:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Ray To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:03:16 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (Linux/2.6.28-13-generic; KDE/4.2.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <200907121709.25015.ray@stilltech.net> <20090712195807.71c6ee6b@elune.fallendusk.org> In-Reply-To: <20090712195807.71c6ee6b@elune.fallendusk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200907121903.16069.ray@stilltech.net> Subject: Re: activate apache mod_rewrite X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:03:18 -0000 On July 12, 2009 05:58:07 pm Gregory T Helton wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:09:24 -0600 > > Ray wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p3, amd64 > > I have never used mod rewrite before, but I am about to be hosting a > > php website that does use it and I can't figure out how to turn it on. > > The website was working properly under other hosting. > > > > The server has been working properly for over a year with other php > > websites. I installed apache 2.2 along with php 5.2 from ports. > > > > google says that the following lines should appear in httpd.conf > > > > LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache/mod_rewrite.so > > AddModule mod_rewrite.c > > > > first line does appear, slightly modified > > LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache22/mod_rewrite.so > > > > when I try to add the second line, apache won't start. > > > > mod_rewrite.so is in the location specified. > > > > at the moment I'm guessing I am missing something in > > httpd-vhosts.conf, but I haven't found a guide for this yet. > > > > Any suggestions, manual sections, links appreciated. > > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Try with just the LoadModule line. This is the only line I have for > mod_rewrite in my httpd.conf, and it is working properly. > > iirc, the "AddModule" linux is apache 1.x specific. > That makes sense, because all the websites that I could find were 4 to 6 years old. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Thanks for the response. The loadmodule line is already there. Is there anything in the httpd-vhosts.conf or anywhere else needed to activate rewrites? thanks, Ray