.htaccess not working

I have set some settings in my .htaccess file. But it does not work and it seems that apache ignore it.
i also checked the etc/apache2/httpd.conf. The file was empty and i added following lines to it:

<Directory />
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
But still it's not working and noting happens when i change .htaccess file.
I really don't know what to do. Any suggestion plz?

 

what gnu/linux distribution is this?

I assume it is debian, so mod_rewrite stuff are placed within the default vhost block in

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

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if this file is not present, run

# a2ensite default

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to enable it.

then check '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default' and you will see that there is the following:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
</Directory>

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simply change 'AllowOverride None' to 'AllowOverride All' and it will enable rewrites.

additionally, you may want to check if mod_rewrite is actually enabled on your server. you can simply do this in debian:

# test ! -L /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load && a2enmod rewrite

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don't forget to restart your apache so the changes you make can take effect.

hope this helps