.htaccess not working (mod_rewrite)

Question

I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working. Basically all I am trying to do is remove 'www' from "http://www.example.com" and "https://www.example.com".

If there is anything I am missing (conf files, etc let me know I willl update this)

Here is my .htaccess file (located @ /var/www/site/trunk/html/)

Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*) [NC] RewriteRule (.*) //%1/$1 [L,R=301] 

My mod_rewrite is enabled:

root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so 

My apache config files:

apache2.conf

# # Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool. # # This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the # configuration directives that give the server its instructions. # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about # the directives. # # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure # consult the online docs. You have been warned.   # # The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections: #  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a #     whole (the 'global environment'). #  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server, #     which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host. #     These directives also provide default values for the settings #     of all virtual hosts. #  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to #     different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the #     same Apache server process. # # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many # of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin # with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "/var/log/apache2/foo.log" # with ServerRoot set to "" will be interpreted by the # server as "//var/log/apache2/foo.log". #  ### Section 1: Global Environment # # The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache, # such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it # can find its configuration files. #  # # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's # configuration, error, and log files are kept. # # NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network) # mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available # at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile>); # you will save yourself a lot of trouble. # # Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path. # ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"  # # The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK. # #<IfModule !mpm_winnt.c> #<IfModule !mpm_netware.c> LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock #</IfModule> #</IfModule>  # # PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process # identification number when it starts. # This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars # PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}  # # Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out. # Timeout 300  # # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than # one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate. # KeepAlive On  # # MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow # during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount. # We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance. # MaxKeepAliveRequests 100  # # KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the # same client on the same connection. # KeepAliveTimeout 15  ## ## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific) ##   # prefork MPM # StartServers: number of server processes to start # MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare # MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare # MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start # MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves <IfModule mpm_prefork_module>     StartServers          5     MinSpareServers       5     MaxSpareServers      10     MaxClients          150     MaxRequestsPerChild   0 </IfModule>  # worker MPM # StartServers: initial number of server processes to start # MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections # MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare # MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare # ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process # MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves <IfModule mpm_worker_module>     StartServers          2     MaxClients          150     MinSpareThreads      25     MaxSpareThreads      75      ThreadsPerChild      25     MaxRequestsPerChild   0 </IfModule>  # These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars User ${APACHE_RUN_USER} Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}  # # AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory # for additional configuration directives.  See also the AllowOverride # directive. #  AccessFileName .htaccess  # # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being  # viewed by Web clients.  # <Files ~ "^\.ht">     Order allow,deny     Deny from all </Files>  # # DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document # if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions. # If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is # a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications # or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to # keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are # text. # DefaultType text/plain   # # HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses # e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off). # The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people # had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that # each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the # nameserver. # HostnameLookups Off  # ErrorLog: The location of the error log file. # If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost> # container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be # logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost> # container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here. # ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log  # # LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log. # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. # LogLevel warn  # Include module configuration: Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf  # Include all the user configurations: Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf  # Include ports listing Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf  # # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with # a CustomLog directive (see below). # If you are behind a reverse proxy, you might want to change %h into %{X-Forwarded-For}i # LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent  # # ServerTokens # This directive configures what you return as the Server HTTP response # Header. The default is 'Full' which sends information about the OS-Type # and compiled in modules. # Set to one of:  Full | OS | Minor | Minimal | Major | Prod # where Full conveys the most information, and Prod the least. # ServerTokens Full  # # Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host # name to server-generated pages (internal error documents, FTP directory  # listings, mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated  # documents or custom error documents). # Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin. # Set to one of:  On | Off | EMail # ServerSignature On   # # Customizable error responses come in three flavors: # 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects # # Some examples: #ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo." #ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html #ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl" #ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html #  # # Putting this all together, we can internationalize error responses. # # We use Alias to redirect any /error/HTTP_<error>.html.var response to # our collection of by-error message multi-language collections.  We use  # includes to substitute the appropriate text. # # You can modify the messages' appearance without changing any of the # default HTTP_<error>.html.var files by adding the line: # #   Alias /error/include/ "/your/include/path/" # # which allows you to create your own set of files by starting with the # /usr/share/apache2/error/include/ files and copying them to /your/include/path/,  # even on a per-VirtualHost basis.  The default include files will display # your Apache version number and your ServerAdmin email address regardless # of the setting of ServerSignature. # # The internationalized error documents require mod_alias, mod_include # and mod_negotiation.  To activate them, uncomment the following 30 lines.  #    Alias /error/ "/usr/share/apache2/error/" # #    <Directory "/usr/share/apache2/error"> #        AllowOverride None #        Options IncludesNoExec #        AddOutputFilter Includes html #        AddHandler type-map var #        Order allow,deny #        Allow from all #        LanguagePriority en cs de es fr it nl sv pt-br ro #        ForceLanguagePriority Prefer Fallback #    </Directory> # #    ErrorDocument 400 /error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var #    ErrorDocument 401 /error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var #    ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_FORBIDDEN.html.var #    ErrorDocument 404 /error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var #    ErrorDocument 405 /error/HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED.html.var #    ErrorDocument 408 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_TIME_OUT.html.var #    ErrorDocument 410 /error/HTTP_GONE.html.var #    ErrorDocument 411 /error/HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED.html.var #    ErrorDocument 412 /error/HTTP_PRECONDITION_FAILED.html.var #    ErrorDocument 413 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE.html.var #    ErrorDocument 414 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE.html.var #    ErrorDocument 415 /error/HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE.html.var #    ErrorDocument 500 /error/HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.html.var #    ErrorDocument 501 /error/HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.html.var #    ErrorDocument 502 /error/HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY.html.var #    ErrorDocument 503 /error/HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.html.var #    ErrorDocument 506 /error/HTTP_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES.html.var    # Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files, # see README.Debian for details.  # Include generic snippets of statements Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/  # Include the virtual host configurations: Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ 

My default config file for www on apache

NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80>     ServerAdmin [email protected]      #SSLEnable     #SSLVerifyClient none     #SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/crt/public.crt       #SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/private.key        DocumentRoot /var/www/site/trunk/html     <Directory />         Options FollowSymLinks         AllowOverride all     </Directory>     <Directory /var/www/site/trunk/html>         Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews         AllowOverride all         Order allow,deny         allow from all     </Directory>      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/     <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">         AllowOverride None         Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch         Order allow,deny         Allow from all     </Directory>      ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log      # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,     # alert, emerg.     LogLevel warn      CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined     ServerSignature On      Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"     <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">         Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks         AllowOverride None         Order deny,allow         Deny from all         Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128     </Directory>  </VirtualHost> 

My ssl config file

NameVirtualHost *:443 <VirtualHost *:443>     ServerAdmin [email protected]      #SSLEnable     #SSLVerifyClient none     #SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/crt/public.crt       #SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/private.key        DocumentRoot /var/www/site/trunk/html     <Directory />         Options FollowSymLinks         AllowOverride all     </Directory>     <Directory /var/www/site/trunk/html>         Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews         AllowOverride all         Order allow,deny         allow from all     </Directory>      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/     <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">         AllowOverride None         Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch         Order allow,deny         Allow from all     </Directory>      ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log      # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,     # alert, emerg.     LogLevel warn      SSLEngine On         SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/crt/public.crt         SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/private.key       CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined     ServerSignature On      Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"     <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">         Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks         AllowOverride None         Order deny,allow         Deny from all         Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128     </Directory>  </VirtualHost> 

My /etc/apache2/httpd.conf is blank

The directory /etc/apache2/conf.d has nothing in it but one file (charset)

contents of /etc/apache2/conf.dcharset

# Read the documentation before enabling AddDefaultCharset. # In general, it is only a good idea if you know that all your files # have this encoding. It will override any encoding given in the files # in meta http-equiv or xml encoding tags.  #AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 

My apache error.log

[Wed Jun 03 00:12:31 2009] [error] [client 216.168.43.234] client sent HTTP/1.1 request without hostname (see RFC2616 section 14.23): /w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind:) [Wed Jun 03 05:03:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 05:03:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 05:13:48 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 05:13:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 05:13:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 05:13:57 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 05:17:28 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 05:26:23 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully [Wed Jun 03 05:26:34 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations [Wed Jun 03 06:03:41 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully [Wed Jun 03 06:03:51 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations [Wed Jun 03 06:25:07 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully [Wed Jun 03 06:25:17 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations [Wed Jun 03 12:09:25 2009] [error] [client 61.139.105.163] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/fastenv [Wed Jun 03 15:04:42 2009] [notice] Graceful restart requested, doing restart [Wed Jun 03 15:04:43 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations [Wed Jun 03 15:29:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 15:29:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 15:30:32 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico [Wed Jun 03 15:45:54 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully [Wed Jun 03 15:46:05 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations 

Answer 1

In my case, I changed in httpd.conf:

AllowOverride None

to

AllowOverride All

and it works.