Ah ok i had to enable apache to use the .htaccess file via AllowOverride All in the mybb root directory
[code] <Directory /var/www/html>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AllowOverride All
</Directory>[/code]
and re-enable the apache config and restart apache
[code]metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo a2ensite python-forum.io.conf
Site python-forum.io already enabled
metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo a2dissite python-forum.io.conf
Site python-forum.io disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 reload
metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo a2ensite python-forum.io.conf
Enabling site python-forum.io.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 reload
metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo service apache2 reload
* Reloading web server apache2
* [/code]