Bug #3364: .htaccess files failure

From: shevek@anarres.org Operating system: Linux PHP version: 3.0.14 PHP Bug Type: Installation problem Bug description: .htaccess files failure I have Apache 1.3.6 with PHP 3.0.14. If I compile with PHP, the server gives [Mon Jan 31 18:33:25 2000] [crit] [client 194.207.107.51] /var/lib/httpd/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable on every request, even if the file does not exist. Without PHP, I do not get this problem. /var/lib/httpd is the highest directory for which a <Directory> directive exists, it is not the base directory for any host. If I do add a .htaccess file, it requires an htaccess file in each directory down the tree. This also breaks cgi-bin. I note bug #1884 also mentions this type of problem, however the workaround mentioned does not work for me. Compile flags: # PHP3 ./configure --with-apache=../apache_1.3.6 --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --enable-track-vars --with-imap=../imap-4.7a/c-client --with-zlib # Apache ./configure \ "--with-layout=Shevek" \ "--enable-module=auth_db" \ "--activate-module=src/modules/php3/libphp3.a" Apache has: http_core.c mod_env.c mod_log_config.c mod_mime.c mod_negotiation.c mod_status.c mod_include.c mod_autoindex.c mod_dir.c mod_cgi.c mod_asis.c mod_imap.c mod_actions.c mod_userdir.c mod_alias.c mod_access.c mod_auth.c mod_auth_db.c mod_setenvif.c mod_php3.c (Not on the list, submitted via web form) -- Shevek <shevek@anarres.org>