title: Why doesn't .htaccess have any effect?
body: <p>I have a .htaccess file in a directory, but it has no effect (no matter what I put in it).</p>
  
  <p>My apache2.conf file contains</p>
  
  <pre><code>AccessFileName .htaccess
  
  &lt;Directory "/var/www"&gt;
      AllowOverride All
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It already said <code>AccessFileName .htaccess</code> but I added the Directory tag myself, thus I'm not sure if it's correct.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any advice and requests for more information.</p>
  
  <p>My .htaccess content (for now)</p>
  
  <pre><code>Options +FollowSymlinks
  RewriteEngine on
  
  RewriteRule .* page.php?arg=$0
  </code></pre>