Joomla 2.5 : Error 500 : Internal Server Error

Question

I have website already and wanted to do many changes in website. So I took the akeeba backup and created site locally.

When I created website, I got error as Internal Server Error. To solve that error I removed whatever was there in .htaccess file. Now website is working locally, however administrator is not working.

I followed the answer of same question, however it is not working.

Can anyone point, where I am going wrong? I need this to be done anyhow.

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Edit 1

Below is what I have in apache_error.log

[Thu Nov 29 10:22:34 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Nov 29 10:22:34 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Nov 29 10:22:34 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/0.9.8r DAV/2 PHP/5.3.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Nov 29 10:23:29 2012] [error] [client ::1] (2)No such file or directory: Could not open password file: /home5/smartkwc/public_html/administrator/.htpasswd
[Thu Nov 29 11:02:33 2012] [error] [client ::1] (2)No such file or directory: Could not open password file: /home5/smartkwc/public_html/administrator/.htpasswd
[Thu Nov 29 11:03:28 2012] [error] [client ::1] (2)No such file or directory: Could not open password file: /home5/smartkwc/public_html/administrator/.htpasswd

Solution

I solved the problem!!!

Earlier I had removed content of .htaccess from root folder only. Now when I removed everything from .htaccess from administrator folder, all is working perfectly. :) :) :)

Yipeee!!!

Comments

[isherwood]

It's worth mentioning that the contents of .htaccess are a vital part of Joomla's security protocol. The proper solution is to find out which specific line of your .htaccess file is incompatible with your server's configuration and correct it. Often, uncommenting '# RewriteBase /' solves the problem.