Cake PHP Trying to enable mod rewrite Apache Ubuntu 9.10

[jonesyp]

Hi,

I am trying to run Cake PHP with Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop. I have installed the LAMP packages (With the install by type in apt and I chose LAMP server)

How do I enable mod_rewrite? I have seen various commands mentioned, but also told there is a bug in 9.10.

Final question - How to I make var/www writable?

Kind regards

Peter Jones

[speedy18us]

To make var/www writable:

sudo chmod 777 /var/www

And to enable mod-rewrite:

http://ubuntu-for-humans.blogspot.co...he-ubuntu.html
or
http://komunitasweb.com/2009/02/cake...php-on-ubuntu/

[CalamityJane]

I have a similar problem and those two tutorials didn't work.

mod_rewrite is loaded and works for other sites, but not for Cake. I adapted the default file following the tutorial but I get an 500 Error. If I keep "none" instead of the suggested "all" I get a plain HTML page and the links won't work.
Did the tutorials work for you or has anybody another suggestion for a solution?

Jane

[jogrady]

The first blog post worked for me. I didn't need to look at the second. Make sure you Enable mod-rewrite per the instructions. It's easy to overlook.

sudo a2enmod rewrite

and dont forget to restart apache

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart