htaccess Options +FollowSymLinks giving me 500 internal server error

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This htaccess was working, then i just open it and then close. when i refresh my browser. it's 500 internal server error. I'm sure that my mod_rewrite is on.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA]

Did i do something wrong here? or any suggestions or comments?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '11 at 09:09

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Make sure you have AllowOverride Options privileges to use Options.

answered Apr 13 '11 at 09:09

Gumbo

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hmmm.. how can i do that? this Allowoverride All ? – Jorge Apr 13 '11 at 09:14
@blinktest: See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#directory on how you can use ``. – Gumbo Apr 13 '11 at 09:17

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '12 at 12:26

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I had same problem and fixed it by removing this line:

Options +FollowSymLinks

answered Nov 23 '12 at 12:26

Camilla Horne

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I have a feeling from this answer that you simply removed the line that occurred in an error report without actually knowing what is it there for. While it might've fixed your issue it's not a good practice to advise it here. Your server probably just has this feature disabled, removing it can harm your redirections, so unless you put it there yourself batter contact your hosting provider -- and this is something you should describe in such an answer. – Jiří Sep 05 '22 at 12:25

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

It appears that if the options directive was configured then it's necessary to set up the directory directive too.
This implies access to the Apache configuration files.
If this is not the case, we can simply comment the line "Options +FollowSymLinks", considering that this directive is by default "Options All" as states the Apache documentation.

Options Directive

Description: Configures what features are available in a particular directory

Syntax: Options [+|-]option [[+|-]option] ...

Default: Options All

Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess

...

The Options directive controls which server features are available in a particular directory.

Source: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 15 '14 at 11:55

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I don't think this is good practice, but it worked for me after i made AllowOverride rule to All, not sure why, but since I needed it only for testing locally it was OK...

<Directory />
   Options FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All
</Directory>

answered Jan 15 '14 at 11:55

Simonas B.

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 23:27

For me, this was in the directives for the site that was affected:

AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

I simply added "FollowSymLinks" to the list, and the 500 error went away.

(Spent an hour trying to diagnose the problem, and this StackOverflow question gave me enough clues to solve it. Adding my solution here in case it can help someone else.)

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 23 '15 at 10:35

In my application there were 75+ application rules,using "

<LocationMatch "/ffservices/">
  Order Allow,Deny
  Allow from all
  SetHandler weblogic-handler
  WebLogicHost <<Hostname>>
  WebLogicPort    <<Portno>>
  Debug ALL
  DebugConfigInfo ON
</LocationMatch>

<LocationMatch "/travel/services/stage/">
  Order Allow,Deny
  Allow from all
  ProxyPass <<URL>>
  ProxyPassReverse <<URL>> (/travel/services/stage/)
</LocationMatch>

Thanks & Regards, Sendhil

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 19:32

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Are you using one.com? Then you have to edit htaccess Try with +Options FollowSymLinks

answered Nov 10 '16 at 19:32

htaccess Options +FollowSymLinks giving me 500 internal server error

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