mod_rewrite in .htaccess does not work

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good day

i'm trying to install some php cms system on my hompage's host  
machine. there's a index file that is supposed to parse the path after  
index, e.g. index/login, do the magic and render the login page. now  
apparently the .htaccess file isn't properly followed and apache  
actually tries to find a index/login file which doesn't exist. here's  
the config:

thanks for your help


my phpinfo output: http://softbee.ch/test.php


.htaccess:

####################################################################
# Sitellite Content Server
# http://www.sitellite.org/
#
# Copyright (c) 2001-2003 SIMIAN systems Inc.
#
# This software is released under the Simian Open License.
# Please see the accompanying file docs/LICENSE for licensing
# details!
####################################################################

# These directives are necessary in order to tell Apache to treat
# the file 'index' as a PHP script.  Avoiding the .php extension
# has some benefits, as some search engines don't parse .php files.
# Otherwise, you can simply rename this file with a .php extension
# and it should work fine with little or no modification.

# Make sure PATH_INFO is available
<IfDefine APACHE2>
   AcceptPathInfo On
</IfDefine>

# Let Apache know that 'index' is really a PHP script in disguise.
<Files index>
   ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

# Let Apache know that 'sitellite' is also a PHP script in disguise.
<Files sitellite>
   ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

# Make SCS the directory index handler (instead of index.html or index.php).
DirectoryIndex index index.html index.php

# Instruct Apache to treat XT templates as HTML files upon direct access.
# Useful for previewing.
AddType text/html .tpl

# Short tags are bad.
php_flag short_open_tag off

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [NC,OR]
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [NC]
   RewriteRule .* - [L]
   RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index?_rewrite_sticky=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>



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