I do a lot of web development on my 
laptop. I’ve got Apache and PHP there, so it’s really convenient, but I usually move projects off to other server before I get around to wanting to mess with mod_rewrite. Not so, recently, but I ran into a big stumbling block when I discovered OS X’s Apache comes pre-configured to ignore .htaccess files.
A couple points. First, Apache’s own mod_rewrite docs include the following quote:
Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite is voodoo. Damned cool voodoo, but still voodoo.
So I’m not going to feel too bad about scratching my head for a minute before realizing I should check to make sure the httpd.conf file had support for .htaccess files enabled, but the second point, and I know this thanks to Richard Rutter’s Clagnut, support must also be enabled in the user’s http.conf file (located in /private/etc/httpd/users/). For full details, go read Rutter’s enabling .htaccess in OS X post.
tags: .htaccess, apache, apache http server, apache web server, docs, enabling .htaccess files, httpd.conf, mac, mac os x, mod_rewrite, os x, richard rutter
Posted August 30, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: .htaccess, apache, apache http server, apache web server, docs, enabling .htaccess files, httpd.conf, mac, mac os X, mod_rewrite, os x, richard rutter.
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thank you!
I’ve been looking everywhere and didn’t know I had to edit that damn private/etc/user file ack!
now it works
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I’ve been struggling with this for a while now
Hy! I saw a blog where they explained how to activate htaccess on leopard. Here http://www.fernandoalou.com/blog/archivo/2008/08/09/1/como-activar-httaccess-en-apache-de-leopard-osx-10.5/