How to Enable mod_rewrite in Apache on Fedora
This guide applies to:
Fedora 8
Fedora 9
This page contains information about how to enable mod_rewrite in Apache Server on Fedora Linux.
Edit the configuration file
In httpd.conf (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf), change 'AllowOverride None' to 'AllowOverride All'
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
AllowOverride All
Restart apache
Type the following command as root.
service httpd restart
Test your configuration
Create a .htaccess file (a text file named .htaccess in your document root) with the following text in it.
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.inprose.com
Navigate to your website. If rewrite is working, you will end up at www.inprose.com.