[wp-hackers] Help needed with two issues on established WP install

[Handy]

On 8/21/06, Vogel, Andrew (vogelap) <VOGELAP at ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:
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> 2. I've got my Permalinks set to Custom ("Almost Pretty") and
> "/index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/". The goal is to get rid
> of the "/index.php" from my permalinks to make them "Pretty". As long as
> I do not visit Options->Permalinks, my site functions as expected.
> However, if I VISIT Options->Permalinks, my site's permalinks stop
> functioning unless I set them to Default (I don't even have to click
> "Update Permalinks Settings"; simply visiting the Options->Permalinks
> page breaks permalinks), which breaks internal links in my site. This is
> 100% reproducible. The .htaccess file is 664 and writable by the server.
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I'm willing to be all wet here with the "Captain Obvious" post... but FC5
has AllowOverrides off by default in the apache configs.  Have you
specifically re-enabled it?