Here’s a thought…
While I was trying to set up the necessary directives for “pretty” permalinks, found here and it’s possible I misunderstood the directions. I added this code to the httpd.conf file:
<Directory /var/www>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
If I understand correctly, /var/www is my root folder, but it’s quite possible I got the instruction wrong, or I’m referencing the wrong directory, or all of the above.
Sadly, the httpd.conf file was blank. I went ahead and added the line per your suggestion, and no joy. Same problem exists.