I am confused as to why my mod_rewrite appears to be improperly installed. Hope someone can help me with this one.

Currently when I go to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file it appears mod_rewrite is enabled as I see the following line: "LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so". It is not commented out. Additionally, "AllowOverride" is set to "All"

When I go to the modules directory, "mod_rewrite.so" is indeed there

However, when I execute "/usr/sbin/httpd -l | grep mod_rewrite", it apparently is not installed as the expected mod_rewrite.c output does not appear.

Additionally, when I attempt to implement a simple .htaccess file with mod_rewrite, it does not work.

Any help is appreciated.

Additionally, when I execute "/usr/sbin/httpd -M" this appears in the output: "rewrite_module (shared)"

Did you install apache from a tarball or from your distro's repository? In most distros I've worked with, you need to explicitly allow .htaccess files. Try something like this:

<Directory /path/to/document/root>
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Thanks, I have already set "AllowOverride" to "All" for the document root.

I am using CentOS 5 and did indeed install Apache via my distro's repository.

I assume you've checked the error log.

Jim