.htaccess: Options not allowed here I just moved a new drupal site onto a directory '/drupal_test' under my current site. So that I can test it while my current site is still running. 

When I go to the directory www.mysite.com/drupal_test. I got this error:

**Internal Server Error**
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@localhost and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) Server at www.bromptontech.com Port 80


I used putty command line to access the error log on the server and I got errors like this:

/var/www/drupal_test/.htaccess:Options not allowed here


I searched around and it seems something to do with the Allow Override settings, some say it is in httpd.conf, but I can't find this file anywhere, I can only find relevant code here in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default, I can see the  tags. 

Our IT guy gave me the root account to access the server, but he can't help me more than that, while I really have very limited knowledge about the server and these command lines, please can anyone help me with this? Thanks a lot!
As your running the drupal from sub directory so modify the line containing "RewriteBase" (may be line no. 102) of .htaccess, change "# RewriteBase /drupal" to "RewriteBase /drupal_test".

And if the above thing doesn't works for you than please try the following:
Search for "&lt;directory /var/www/&gt;" in the "/etc/apache2/sites-available/default" file and change it as below:

&lt;Directory /var/www/&gt;
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
&lt;/Directory&gt;