I want to use the XBitHack technique to get server side includes working. That is, I do not want t rename my files to *.shtml etc. I have spent hours reading Apache docs but I can't make any progress at all. I'm at wit's end. No matter what I do, I get the following error in my log. I do not understand what it means: [Sun Aug 23 00:21:39 2009] [warn] [client ::1] mod_include: Options +Includes (or IncludesNoExec) wasn't set, INCLUDES filter removed Code (markup): Here is my virtual host section: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin me@admin.com DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/hdq.com" ServerName hdq.com ServerAlias www.hdq.com ErrorLog "logs/hdq.com-error_log" CustomLog "logs/hdq.com-access_log" common <Directory / > XBitHack full AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all Options +Includes </Directory> </VirtualHost> Code (markup): I've tried about a million different things. But nothing I try has any effect what-so-ever. I'm serving my pages but the SSI instructions (currently, only ) aren't being processed. apachectl reports the lib_include module is present. My html file looks like: <html> <head> </head><body> hey man <p> <!--#echo var="DOCUMENT_NAME" --> <!--#printenv --> </p> </body> </html> Code (markup): In addition, I tried adding a .htaccess file but it also had no effect: XBitHack full AddType text/html .html AddHandler server-parsed .html Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes Code (markup): Any bones you could throw me would be appreciated.