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Asked: 2026-06-06T17:04:44+00:00

My .htaccess file in my htdocs folder does not work. I tried to redirect

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My .htaccess file in my htdocs folder does not work. I tried to redirect to Google when accessing a filename. I want to find out where the settings for my httpd.conf are, so I can enable mod_rewrite. I did the following UNIX command to find out if a httpd.conf file existed on my hard drive:

find * -name "httpd.conf"

The file does not exist. I am thinking that maybe there is another file that controls mod_rewrite. I want to see if “AllowOverride” exists in any directory. I entered the following UNIX command:

grep -r "AllowOverride" *

But it’s hard to read because it prints out so many folders. The message that accompanies the folders are “Permission denied” or “No such file or directory”. How do I only get the file paths of files that contain AllowOverride?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Many Unix and similar systems provide a locate(1) command that uses a database to speed finding individual files. Try this:

    locate httpd.conf

    Note, of course, that Apache configurations are stored in files of all sorts of names; I’ve seen apache.conf, httpd.conf, httpd2.conf, and then there’s the giant pile of /etc/apache2/conf.d/ — entire directory structures set aside for configuring Apache. Your distribution may vary.

    Perhaps apachectl configtest will show the paths? (currently not installed on my machine, so I can’t easily test.)

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