500 internal error - just remove the .htaccess

[jackxwu]

this has been mentioned before.

with RC3, the .htaccess file under catalog seems to cause the internal error. when i first point my browser to catalog/install/, everything went fine after i removed that file.

[ozstar]

Yes was true for me too. Changed the name of the file in the /catalog/ dir and whammo it was fine.

I wonder about security and whether this would effect it?

[xpman]

This appears to be caused by the improper commenting in the .htaccess:
# Fix certain PHP values
# (commented out by default to prevent errors occuring on certain
# servers)
#
#<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_value session.use_trans_sid 0
php_value register_globals 1
#</IfModule>

Apparently they commented out the includes but forgot to do the content....

I changed mine to read:

# Fix certain PHP values
# (commented out by default to prevent errors occuring on certain
# servers)
#
#<IfModule mod_php4.c>
# php_value session.use_trans_sid 0
# php_value register_globals 1
#</IfModule>

and no more 500 error. Wonder if someone has opened a bugtrack orsumtin on this?