On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote: > Hi List, > > Is there a guide to setting up an Apache server on a Gentoo system? I'm > having difficulty getting the SSI module started; also the top-level > .htaccess file that comes from the production server Out There throws an > error on my local LAN server: "/home/prh/public_html/.htaccess: Options > not allowed here". > > I run a website whose pages all have the same menu bar below the title, > so to simplify maintenance of the 130 pages I've extracted that bit of > HTML into an included page. This works fine on the production server but > not on the local server. > > Of course there's lots of documentation of Apache on their site, but the > config on Gentoo differs from the standard and I find the Gentoo docs > unhelpful - they seem to assume a good working knowlege of Apache and > just show the differences from other setups.
What version are you on? Are both servers running the same version? Apache 2.4 had some dramatic changes to module names and some configuration names were changed, it caused my previously-working-fine 2.2 to stop working. I haven't had time to go through it all yet, so for now I've masked it and gone back to 2.2. See here for the upgrade guide: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html The most confusing/frustrating thing with Apache and trying to Google for information is that the configuration changes so much from one version to another, and often times the article doesn't mention which specific version they are talking about (I still encounter a lot of tutorials from Apache 1.x). There are also differences depending on whether you're using virtual hosts or not, chroots, distro-specific stuff like webapp-config. If you want help with the specific error I would suggest posting the contents of the .htaccess file and which version of Apache you're using.
