.htaccess file for WP installation

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I am new to DirectAdmin so have what I would imagine is a basic question...so here goes:

I have installed WP 2.7.1 on the root directory of the desired domain. I wish to change my permalink structure and WP needs to update my .htaccess file.

Is a .htaccess file automatically created during the install OR do I have to create one?

If I create one, do I just go to the public_html folder in file manager, create a new file and then change the permissions to allow WP to write to it?

Does anything need to be added to the .htaccess file for it to work?
 
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I will answer my own question in case it helps someone else; I did not have a .htaccess file in the Public HTML folder. I simply created a file named .htaccess and set the permissions and WP can write to it.

Done.
 
What did you set the permissions to? I'll be installing WP as well and have just bought a reseller account an hour ago (talk about being a newbie) :)

Thanks,
Mikael
 
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