[BlueOnyx:10004] Re: 500 error encountered on Joomla sites after weekend updates

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Adam,

> On Joomla-based sites on one of my servers, I'm getting a 500 Internal
> Server error, presumably since the recent updates.
> 
> Error_log shows:  
> [Mon Apr 02 12:58:50 2012] [alert] [client AA.BB.CC.DD]
> /home/.sites/XX/siteYY/web/.htaccess: RewriteEngine not allowed here
> 
> It worked fine before.  This server uses Joomla v1.6.3 from Compass.
> The .htaccess file is the standard one installed with Joomla (pasted
> below).

In "Server Management" / "Network Services" / "Web" tick the checkboxes for 
"Options (All)" and "Allow Override (All)". Save the changes and it should be 
good again.

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With best regards

Michael Stauber