cant get mod_rewrite working!!

All I am trying to do is get mod_rewrite to work on turnkey linux and so far having no luck.

I went to the webmin under apache > configure apache modules > I checked rewrite and saved ( I looked to see if it was and is )
I check my phpinfo file and under Loaded Modules. It is there.
Uploaded a new .htaccess file to my directory /var/www/projects/jsnew/.htaccess

The contents of the htaccess are:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index.php$ about_us.php

I should be seing about_us page with inde.php url and I am not.

Is there anything else I need to do from with in webmin?

Replies (5)

Start with slash

Reply 1 2010-01-26

I think your RewriteRule has to start with a slash:

RewriteRule ^/index.php$ /about_us.php

Try that and see if it helps.

tried

Reply 2 2010-01-26

nah I tried that and still doesnt work. There has to be something else here that isn't allowing mod_rewrite to work. Are there any other config files?

Hmmm

Reply 3 2010-01-26

I just followed your steps on a LAMP appliance and the rewrite is working.

This url:

http://38.114.205.10/test/index.php

Gives me the content of the about.php page.

I followed the exact same steps you stated above:

1. Enabled the rewrite module in Webmin
2. Created an .htaccess file with this content:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule index.php about.php

I don't know what to say.

what build are using

Reply 4 2010-01-26

what build or turnkey are you using?

LAMP

Reply 5 2010-01-26

I am using the LAMP appliance from here:

/lamp

So, it is 2009.10

I installed it from the ISO file.

Did you get my message with the login info to my appliance so you can try it?