randyqx

The requested URL /foo/ was not found on this server. (changed it back after test)

so mod_rewrite seems not have been invoked. how to debug why?

phpinfo() at http://blog.flybynighttravel.com/foo.php reports mod_rewrite as a loaded module. are other modules needed as precursors? what else should be in httpd.conf

# grep -i rewrite /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache/mod_rewrite.so
AddModule mod_rewrite.c
RewriteLog /var/log/httpd-rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 9

http://blog.flybynighttravel.com/foo.php

will give you the output of

<?php

// Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL
phpinfo();

// Show just the module information.
// phpinfo(8) yields identical results.
// phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);

?>

> Is mod_rewrite supported on your server?

# grep -i rewrite /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache/mod_rewrite.so
AddModule mod_rewrite.c

# cat /usr/local/www/data-dist/wordpress/.htaccess
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

and error log whines

File does not exist: /usr/local/www/data-dist/wordpress/category/food/