Thanks for the help Florian,
I still couldn't get the chmod to work. So what I did I downloaded Tinker tools www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.htm
Tinker Tools allows you to see files like .htaccess that are other wise hidden on the mac.
and then i changed the permission using the info menu.
I have now hit another brick wall!!
I am getting the error:
"
Warning: fopen(/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/.htaccess) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/rewritetest.php on line 167
Warning: file_get_contents(http://localhost/silverstripe/InstallerTest/testrewrite) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/rewritetest.php on line 47
Warning: fopen(/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/.htaccess) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/rewritetest.php on line 167
Warning: file_get_contents(http://localhost/silverstripe/InstallerTest/testrewrite) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/rewritetest.php on line 47
Warning: fopen(/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/.htaccess) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/silverstripe/rewritetest.php on line 167
mod_rewrite doesn't appear to be working. Make sure:
* mod_rewrite is enabled in your httpd.conf
* AllowOverride is enabled for the current path.
Please check these options, then refresh this page.If you believe that your configuration is correct, click here to proceed anyway."
Any Ideas???
I have opened the httpd.conf file with text edit but i have no idea what I'm looking at/for?
Thanks in advance!
Ross