I'm new to server administration but I was able to get a LAMP setup running on my new VPS. I uploaded a few web files that work on my other server, but they seem to give me the error: "File does not exist" in my /var/log/apache2/error.log file. The homepage loads just fine through my scripting, but other pages don't.
.htaccess file code
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?r=$1 [L,QSA]
I have enabled mod_rewrite on the server and can see it running under my phpinfo() page I have created. Simply don't know why this issue is happening. If I need to post anything else, please let me know :)
Answer
It looks like your site or virtual host has not been granted the appropriate permissions to process .htaccess files. You can test it easily by making a syntax error on purpose: if your site does not crash, the file is being ignored.
Try something like this in your main httpd.conf file:
<Directory "/path/to/your/site">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
... or this (to your liking):
<VirtualHost *:80>
AllowOverride All
</VirtualHost>