.htaccess issues on setup/installation

[ghost]

I had a few problems on installation and setup with 500 errors inside of .htaccess when using RackSpace hosting.

To fix this I simply added "RewriteBase /" to all 3 of Cake's .htaccess files.

/.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) /app/webroot/$1 [L]

/app/.htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]

/app/webroot/.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]

[gotoitguy]

What errors did you encounter for the ISE500?
They would be helpful in determining the issue you've encountered.

[ghost]

Not sure, I couldn't debug the issue.

I did some searching on Google about Cake & htaccess 500 errors and RewriteBase kept coming up.

I'm using RackSpace shared hosting, so everything should be pretty universal.

[prakashkumar]

Remove "RewriteBase /" line from all .htaccess file
and change the line

base;?>/install/database-config

instead of /install/database-config
in /app/view/installer/start.ctp