Requirement of mod_rewrite during installation

[Rach]

Hello,

I am trying to understand all of the installation requirements and I remove some my server configuration that is not directly required by the Seed DMS installation. I noticed if I do not activate mod_rewrite I get the following error during from the installation script:

Apache - Module Rewrite : Not found
=> Activate module

I don't see any rewrite rule requirements and it seems that the default mode of mod_rewrite is being used:
Apache.org notes http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriteoptions
"By default, mod_rewrite maps a URL to a filesystem path."

Is there any specific requirement to enable mod_rewrite or is this an outdated check in the inc.ClassSettings.php file?

Rachael

[Uwe Steinmann]

The webdav server needs mod_rewrite under certain circumstances and for a nicer url (but that's more or less a cosmetic issue). Check README.Install.md

[Rach]

Uwe,

Thanks for the response. So to confirm, if I am not using webdav mod_rewrite isn't a requirement?

If that is the case, should the check for mod_rewrite in inc.ClassSettings.php be conditional during the installation of seeddms?

Rachael