.htaccess file not being read (“Options -Indexes” in .htaccess file not working)

Question

I created an .htaccess file with only the following line:

Options -Indexes

However, the index is still shown for the directory.<

Answer 1

As there's no httpd.conf file anymore, what you need to do on a VPS is:

1. Go to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
2. Do ls to find the file for the website you're looking for
3. Edit the corresponding file with nano THE_CONF_FILE or with whatever editor you'd like
4. Change all AllowOverride None values that you see in different <Directory> ... </Directory>s to AllowOverride All

5. Save the file and close it

6. Now you need to enable module rewrite by running the command:sudo a2enmod rewrite

7. And finally to activate the new configuration, you need to run: service apache2 restart

It'll work like a charm now!

Answer 2

In case you have

AllowOverride None

Change that to:

AllowOverride All

in your httpd.conf or in your default virtualhost file in in /etc/apache2/sites-available/...conf