AllowOverride for .htaccess on local machine giving 403 Forbidden

Question

I have a mod_rewrite I\'d like to use locally on my mac but when I change my configuration to in my directory tag I get a 403 Forbidden error. I\'ve tried all the other solu

Answer 1

I was able to get it fixed by setting my /etc/apache2/users/username.conf file like so (Note you have to change the Options line too, not just the AllowOverride):

<Directory "/Users/tlhunter/Sites/">
    Options All               
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>