Hi, I put the following lines into my apache.conf (outside, before a VHOST definition): <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteLog /var/www/logs/rewrite.log RewriteLogLevel 2 </IfModule> (I also tried mod_rewrite and rewrite_module) Unfortunatly it seems it does not work. But if I define the same lines within a VHOST it *does* work. Why? Anything obvious? And yes, the modules *are* loaded *before* the first IfModule statement. ~$ lsb_release -irs Ubuntu 10.04 ~$ apache2 -v Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server built: Nov 3 2011 03:30:19 ~$ Thanks, Helmut --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx