Apache and Rewrite Module

Question

I created a file .htaccess in the /var/www directory. The rights are "root root --wxrwxrwxr".

The content of the file is:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteLogLevel 3
RewriteLog "/var/log/apache2/rewrite.log"
RewriteRule ^(.*?)$ testphp.php

When I call the page phpinfo.php, I've got: Loaded Modules ... mod_rewrite ... Therefore, the modules is loaded.

After each modification, I restared the server manually with sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart.

The error.log gives

Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2 with Suhosin-Patch configured -- resuming normal operations

When I call a page anyone.htm or anyone.php, the rewrite.log does contain nothing and the real page is called. If I understand, the page anyone.php should be replaced by testphp.php

Did I make siomething wrong?

Thanks

Answer 1

If i were a web server, i'd ignore any config file that was world writable, for stability and security's sakes. I know there's places in Apache that do exactly that; i forget whether .htaccess processing is one of those places, but i'd assume/hope it is.

Answer 2

Thanks for your help

Here is what I made to get the Apache2 server running with the Rewrite Rule

I re-installed the server from a new hard disk

I activated the Rewrite with 'sudo a2enmod rewrite' I created the file '.htaccess' with the rules

RewriteEngine On RewriteRules ^(.*)$ test.php

In the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default, I added in the Directory /

AllowOverride all Order deny,allow Allow from all

and in the Directory /var/www, the same 2 lines

I don't know why, but the rules RewriteLog n does not word in the .htaccess

In the /var/www, I created 2 files, index.html (the default) and test.php The test.php contains

When I call the page index.html, the php info is displayed

One more time, thanks