Rewrite Forbidden Error

My apache logs have this error for all the domain which uses .htaccess file.

Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden:

I added Options FollowSymLinks to .htaccess file but the error remains. I also tried with Options +FollowSymLinks but to no success.

Most of the websites were running using .htaccess files from a long time, its now that this error starts appearing in my virtual domain log file.

I believe there is something to be done on httpd.conf file but dunno which part needs editing. By the way I'm using Virtualmin Pro.

Any help would be appreciated

 

Does this error appearing for all domains using .htaccess or for only some of them this error is being generated?

 

Yeah.. for all the domains using .htaccess . when i remove the file , the site works fine but without some functionalities.

 

Is "Rewrite Forbidden" the exact error you see in the error log?

 

Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden:

This is the error in apache logs that appears when i load the website

 

Try this

Options +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

Code (markup):

 

where shud i place it?
In httpd.conf?

 

No, in .htaccess.
These 2 lines

Options +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

should go before

RewriteEngine On

 

That does not seem to work... Actuallly its getting redirected to var/www/html/error/noindex.html when detecting .htaccess