Title: Permalink errors with mod_rewrite enabled
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# Permalink errors with mod_rewrite enabled
* Resolved [limekiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limekiller/)
* (@limekiller)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-errors-with-mod_rewrite-enabled/)
* I have a new blog with only a few posts in it so far. I’ve updated my permalink
structure from the default to a custom pattern, my .htaccess file was modified,
and I have mod_rewrite enabled in Apache2, however all links, even newly created
ones after the change are broken. I expected old posts to be broken until I fixed
them individually, but I’m surprised new ones are too. One thing I noticed is
that regardless of the permalink structure I choose, the modifications to .htaccess
are the same. Is that correct? Is there something else I need to do that I don’t
know about yet?
* My permalink structure is /%year%%month%/%postname%.html. So links look like
[http://www.example.com/wordpress/200905/new_post.html](http://www.example.com/wordpress/200905/new_post.html).
My apache error log shows “File does not exist: /var/www/wordpress/200905”.
* Help!
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* [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
* (@shane-g)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-errors-with-mod_rewrite-enabled/#post-1083240)
* Hi,
* As you have updated the permalinks then add this code in the htaccess of your
domain..
* ```
# BEGIN WordPress
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
```
* [spam link moderated]
* Thanks,
* Shane G.
* Thread Starter [limekiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limekiller/)
* (@limekiller)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-errors-with-mod_rewrite-enabled/#post-1083305)
* Nope, that doesn’t work either. That’s almost exactly what was created for me
when I changed the structure. Here’s what was automatically created.
* ```
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
# END WordPress
```
* Adding the ErrorDocument line and taking out the “wordpress” references made
no change. I still get a 404 error.
* [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
* (@samboll)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-errors-with-mod_rewrite-enabled/#post-1083328)
* `/%year%%month%/%postname%.html`
* this is wrong – should look like this
* `/%year%/%month%/%postname%.html`
* I would delete the .htaccess in wordpress root and generate a completely new
one with this correct structure
* Thread Starter [limekiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limekiller/)
* (@limekiller)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-errors-with-mod_rewrite-enabled/#post-1083332)
* (Note: In my forum post I mistyped and should have typed %monthnum% instead of%
month%. My intention was to have something look like …/200905/postname.html rather
than /2009/05/postname.html.)
* Nonetheless, I tried your suggestion of putting the extra slash in, and that
didn’t work either. I made a post titled “test-post” and clicked “view post”
after publishing it. I get an error that says
* ```
Not Found
The requested URL /wordpress/2009/05/test-post.html was not found on this server.
```
* I even did a fresh install on a separate computer and get the same error. I’ve
verified that .htaccess is being made, and that mod-rewrite is enabled. However,
no matter what non-default structure I pick, the .htaccess file is always created
identically. So .htaccess is the same whether the structure is set to “/%year%/%
monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/” or “/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/” or “/monkey/
pinata/%postname%/”. I don’t understand that. It seems like .htaccess should
change depending on the structure chosen. index.php is referenced in .htaccess
and its not changing either. If I change back to default structure, .htaccess
empties.
* Is there some file that might need its permissions altered I should look at?
I’m running Ubuntu 8.10, Apache2 and WordPress 2.7.1.
* Thread Starter [limekiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limekiller/)
* (@limekiller)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-errors-with-mod_rewrite-enabled/#post-1083346)
* A little more info. I added a custom 404 error document to the .htaccess file
and it isn’t loading when I intentionally go to a nonexistent page. So for some
reason, it appears .htaccess is being ignored.
* Thread Starter [limekiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limekiller/)
* (@limekiller)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-errors-with-mod_rewrite-enabled/#post-1083353)
* Resolved:
The problem was that the httpd.conf file was empty. I edited it with:
* ```
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride FileInfo
```
* and the problem was solved.
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* Status: resolved
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