Apache .htaccess

I had originally designed my site on a windows box running Apache 1.3 and i had used .htaccess for one of the directories to ForceType certain files...

I've now attempted to move the site over to a linux box which is running Apache 2 (i believe)... i got the site to load, however it doesn't seem to be interpreting my htaccess file at all...

keep in mind that all I did was copy the files [php and images] to the directory exactly as they were in windows, over to /var/www/html/mydir.

Is there a step i've missed? Has anyone come across this before?

Thanks

please also realize, i'm an absolute newcomer in terms of linux...

by the way, the .htaccess file:

In your httpd.conf you should set the
AllowOverride setting to All.

This setting is a little broad, but you can tune it as needed after getting it to work.

The override for ForceType is the same as the override for AddType..

Instead of enabling all, do this

AllowOverride FileInfo

That will let you use those two directives along with a few more

still doesn't seem to be loading...

i've tried everything i can think of... mind you, my apache skills aren't as good as i thought they were...

browsing through the httpd2.conf file I noticed there was absolutely no <Directory> levels, but instead a DirectoryRoot

I figured i'd disable use of .htaccess files by entering:
<Directory /var/www/html>
AllowOverride None
</Directory>


I dont know if those changes did much... i also added:
<Directory /var/www/html/test>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

I tried FileInfo too, but it didn't do anything.

reloading the httpd server works, however i still can't access the appropriate file...

my goal here is to do the "pretty url" thing using ForceType (read an article here on devarticles about it)... again, it worked in Windows, but when transfered to linux it doesn't work.

the article:
http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/143

i'm curious as to what needs to be in the httpd conf file...

I've tried this:

<Dicrectory /var/www/html/dir>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>


then in dir i have an .htaccess file with this:


<Files name>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

keep in mind its in linux, if that makes a difference...