htaccess redirect not working?

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This Dreamhost support thread was started by jwinkler on 2009-01-21 14:37:27:

Post Reply? Setting up my first rails app; I’ve set the domain’s ‘web directory’ to the public folder of the rails app, and created an .htaccess in that public folder containing only the following: RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L] However, when I go to my site, all I see is a directory listing of that public folder (minus the .htaccess file as it is hidden). I’m also unable to hit any of my rails controllers; receive a 404. I don’t see any processes running. However, when I do receive that directory listing in the browser, if I click on dispatch.fcgi, I do then see that process running for a short period of time. I’ve gone through the wiki over and over, and must simply be missing something.. ideas? FastCGI is enabled for that domain also.

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