Apache (on OS X Lion) isn't reading .htaccess file

Question

I'm using OS X Lion's built-in Apache server. I placed a .htaccess file in my personal Sites directory, but Apache isn't reading it. My username is tophtucker, so the file is in /Users/tophtucker/Sites/. But whether I make .htaccess valid or gibberish or just test or whatever, it has no effect. If .htaccess contains just "test", I should get an error when I go to localhost/~tophtucker/, but I don't.

.htaccess works in other directories (like subdirectories of Sites). AllowOverride is set to All in httpd.conf, and AccessFileName is set to .htaccess. It's just something about the Sites directory. Does Apache give it weird special treatment or something?

Answer 1

OK, I figured it out:

When you're using personal sites with Apache, an additional configuration file is created in apache2/users/tophtucker.conf (or whatever your username is). AllowOverride in that configuration file was still set to None. I set it to All; problem solved!