Can't get Apache to process .htaccess

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Hi,

New, working, install of openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64). I have a CentOS background.

Problem: .htaccess isn’t being processed (mod_rewrite gives 404).

Tried: Everything available
SDB:Linux Apache MySQL PHP - openSUSE
Enable mod_rewrite Apache 2.0 rewrite module on SuSE Linux | enarion.net
Enable mod_rewrite for OpenSuse 12.1
(w/ multiple reboots for good measure)

phpinfo() shows:

Loaded Modules 	core prefork http_core mod_so mod_actions mod_alias mod_auth_basic mod_authn_file mod_authz_host mod_authz_groupfile mod_authz_default mod_authz_user mod_autoindex mod_cgi mod_dir mod_env mod_expires mod_include mod_log_config mod_mime mod_negotiation mod_setenvif mod_ssl mod_userdir mod_php5 mod_deflate mod_rewrite

/etc/apache2/default-server.conf:

<Directory "/srv/www/htdocs">
	# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
	# or any combination of:
	#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
	#
	# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
	# doesn't give it to you.
	#
	# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
	# http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.2/mod/core.html#options
	# for more information.
	Options All
	# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
	# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
	#   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
	AllowOverride ALL
	# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
</Directory>

Standard v.hosts conf files. (default pasted below)

http://phpmyadmin.localhost/ - works perfectly (doesn’t use .htaccess)

http://books.localhost/ - loads base Drupal install
http://books.localhost/user/register - 404s

Using the example at: Enable mod_rewrite Apache 2.0 rewrite module on SuSE Linux | enarion.net
http://localhost/ - loads “It works!”
http://localhost/user/something - 404s

localhost .htaccess

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
#RewriteBase /
RewriteRule user/(.*)$ /user.php?user=$1

#

Logs just show 404s.

I’m used to CentOS, where the default Apache config “just works”, so, what am I missing?

Thanks,
Michael

00-default.conf

#
# VirtualHost template
# Note: to use the template, rename it to /etc/apache2/vhost.d/yourvhost.conf. 
# Files must have the .conf suffix to be loaded.
#
# See /usr/share/doc/packages/apache2/README.QUICKSTART for further hints 
# about virtual hosts.
#
# NameVirtualHost statements can be added to /etc/apache2/listen.conf.
#
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for requests without a known
# server name.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName localhost

    # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
    # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
    # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
    DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/vhosts/localhost

    # if not specified, the global error log is used
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/localhost-error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/localhost-access_log combined

    # don't loose time with IP address lookups
    HostnameLookups Off

    #
    # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
    #
    <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/vhosts/localhost">
    
	#
	# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
	# or any combination of:
	#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
	#
	# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
	# doesn't give it to you.
	#
	# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
	# http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.2/mod/core.html#options
	# for more information.
	#
	Options All
    
	#
	# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
	# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
	#   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
	#
	AllowOverride All
    
	#
	# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
	#
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
    
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

httpd.conf.local

RewriteEngine On

NameVirtualHost *:80

User michael
Group michael

httpd.conf

# forbid access to the entire filesystem by default
# <Directory />
#     Options None
#     AllowOverride None
#     Order deny,allow
#     Deny from all
# </Directory>


# use .htaccess files for overriding,
AccessFileName .htaccess
# and never show them
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</Files>
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I realize this is an old post but… I’ll add to it.
I was having issues with rewrite like this too.

First success was switching doc root from /srv/www/htdocs/ to /home/~username/public_html/
Though it may not be needed in retrospect. Debugging one directory location seemed efficient at the time.

Wasn’t quite there yet still had to:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
I did this for mod_deflate too fyi ksystemlog was a great help to access apache logs quickly.
This was after trying all the same configs you linked to above.
I just didn’t have time to sort out the vhosts vs. ~user/public_html issues maybe another day?

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I was having the same issue on openSUSE 11.3 some time ago, and it really took my time to configure it. After successful configuration, i wrote an article about it. Here it is:
Enable mod_rewrite on openSUSE 11.3 [Linux] - anl4u

Yup, that’s correct CentOS will give every thing enabled out of the box, and that’s another reason why i use it for servers now.
But still need to configure it on my laptop for local use(openSUSE 12.1).

Good luck.