rewrite doesn't work - help

Hi,
no matter what I try, I cannot get a simple rewrite example to work with
my setup. I do have the rewrite module loaded. So I think it is because I
just cannot seem to get correct the proper placement of the rewrite
commands.

I am not using .htaccess files, so I am putting rewrite commands in
http.conf.

I have a <virtual> block

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName _default_
ServerSignature email
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml
ServerSignature email
LogLevel warn
HostNameLookups off
</VirtualHost>

and further below I have some more specific directory blocks, for example:

<Directory "/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/html">
Options Includes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
</Directory>

I have been following the various examples for rewrite, and trying a
simple example within the Virtual block, or within the Directory block, as
well as outside of all of these blocks, but nothing seems to work. No
redirection occurs.

For example, I tried this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule !(.*)\.htm$ $1.html [R=permanent]

within the <Directory "/var/www/html"> block, but nothing happens (my
Document root is /var/www/html).

Can anyone help? What could be wrong? Where do the Rewrite statements
belong?

Thanks,
Steve, Denmark

cool a écrit :

 > Hi,
 > no matter what I try, I cannot get a simple rewrite example to work with
 > my setup. I do have the rewrite module loaded. So I think it is because I
 > just cannot seem to get correct the proper placement of the rewrite
 > commands.
 >
 > I am not using .htaccess files, so I am putting rewrite commands in
 > http.conf.
 >
 > I have a <virtual> block
 >
 > <VirtualHost *>
 > ServerName _default_
 > ServerSignature email
 > DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml
 > ServerSignature email
 > LogLevel warn
 > HostNameLookups off
 > </VirtualHost>
 >
 > and further below I have some more specific directory blocks, for example:
 >
 > <Directory "/">
 > Options FollowSymLinks
 > AllowOverride None
 > Order Deny,Allow
 > Deny from all
 > </Directory>
 >
 > <Directory "/var/www/html">
 > Options Includes FollowSymLinks
 > AllowOverride None
 > Order Deny,Allow
 > Allow from all
 > </Directory>
 >
 > I have been following the various examples for rewrite, and trying a
 > simple example within the Virtual block, or within the Directory block, as
 > well as outside of all of these blocks, but nothing seems to work. No
 > redirection occurs.
 >
 > For example, I tried this:
 >
 > RewriteEngine on
 > RewriteBase /
 > RewriteRule !(.*)\.htm$ $1.html [R=permanent]
 >
 > within the <Directory "/var/www/html"> block, but nothing happens (my
 > Document root is /var/www/html).
 >
 > Can anyone help? What could be wrong? Where do the Rewrite statements
 > belong?
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Steve, Denmark
 >
 >
I usually put it in the VirtualHost container...

JP.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->