.htaccess doesn't work on temp url

[ricki]

My .htaccess is working fine when I have a domain pointed at it but I'm moving my site and want to try it before I redirect my domain, and use the http://my-server-ip/~account-name

The problem is that it generates a 500 Internal Error.

Error.log:

[alert] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] /home/account/public_html/.htaccess: Options not allowed here

 

[nobaloney]

My guess is that you don't allow overwriting by .htaccess files in the main domain.

Which may be what you want.

One way to see the domain is to add the new IP# and domain name to your local desktop system's hosts file. Where you find that depends on if you're running linux, unix, OS-X, or MSW. You can search these forums for the correct location.

Jeff