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Hello
I am doing a site for someone, and whenever i try anything like the mod rewrite thing, AddType etc, it comes up with an error, even though the command is correct.

Here are some things about the server, from phpinfo() that may help (didn't want to copy it all...)

SystemLinux rev66.dhcp 2.2.16C28_III #1 Mon Jul 30 22:07:58 PDT 2001 i586 unknown

Build DateMar 31 2002

Configure Command './configure' '--prefix=/usr' '--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs' '--with-gd' '--with-gettext=/usr' '--enable-safe-mode' '--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-zlib' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--with-regex=system' '--with-ttf' '--with-db' '--with-gdbm' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-mbstr-enc-trans' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-wddx=shared' '--enable-mm=shared' '--enable-xml' '--enable-ftp' '--disable-debug' '--with-libdir=/usr/lib' '--with-db3' '--with-interbase=shared' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-ldap' '--with-imap' '--with-curl=shared' '--with-pdflib=shared'

Server APIApache

Virtual Directory Supportdisabled

Configuration File (php.ini) Path/etc/httpd/php.ini

ZEND_DEBUGdisabled

Thread Safetydisabled

Apache VersionApache/1.3.20

Loaded Modulesmod_ssl, mod_php4, mod_casp2, mod_setenvif, mod_unique_id, mod_auth, mod_auth_pam_external, mod_access, mod_rewrite, mod_alias, mod_userdir, mod_actions, mod_imap, mod_asis, mod_cgi, mod_frontpage, mod_dir, mod_autoindex, mod_include, mod_status, mod_negotiation, mod_mime, mod_log_config, mod_define, mod_env, mod_perl, mod_so, http_core

SERVER_SOFTWAREApache/1.3.20 Sun Cobalt (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.4 OpenSSL/0.9.6b PHP/4.1.2 mod_auth_pam_external/0.1 FrontPage/4.0.4.3 mod_perl/1.25

The error i get whenever i try anything is:


Any ideas?

BTW what i want to do is either when the user goes to xxx.html, the server retrieves xxx.php, or treat all html files as php. (So that back links still work and i can use php...)