Apache 2.2 rewrite and .htaccess

[helper]

Been through hundreds of threads (here and on the web)!

First off, WHM 11.11.0 cPanel 11.15.0-C17588 running on RHES5 with Apache 2.2/PHP5.2.4

Apache:

[root@server ~]# httpd -l
Compiled in modules:
  core.c
  mod_authn_file.c
  mod_authn_default.c
  mod_authz_host.c
  mod_authz_groupfile.c
  mod_authz_user.c
  mod_authz_default.c
  mod_auth_basic.c
  mod_include.c
  mod_filter.c
  mod_log_config.c
  mod_logio.c
  mod_env.c
  mod_expires.c
  mod_headers.c
  mod_unique_id.c
  mod_setenvif.c
  mod_proxy.c
  mod_proxy_connect.c
  mod_proxy_ftp.c
  mod_proxy_http.c
  mod_proxy_ajp.c
  mod_proxy_balancer.c
  mod_ssl.c
  prefork.c
  http_core.c
  mod_mime.c
  mod_status.c
  mod_autoindex.c
  mod_asis.c
  mod_suexec.c
  mod_cgi.c
  mod_negotiation.c
  mod_dir.c
  mod_actions.c
  mod_userdir.c
  mod_alias.c
  mod_rewrite.c
  mod_so.c

mod_rewrite does appear to be loaded, however, when I attempt to set the following rewrite conditions in a site (.../public_html/.htaccess):

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule index/(.*)/(.*)/$ /index.php?$1=$2

After the addition to the .htaccess file, restarted Apache (just for safe measure), and guess what... NADA -- this simple rewrite rule is NOT working.

Any suggestions? Is there something in the WHM that blocks the ability for .htaccess for individual sites? Help!

[cpanelkenneth]

Nothing in any error logs?

[helper]

Nothing in any error logs?

Nope, nothing at all -- it's like .htaccess is totally unavailable! The page navigates fine, but without the rewrite rule it shows the query string.

[helper]

This does work if I enter a URL: http://[mysite]/Google

RewriteRule Google http://www.google.com/? [NC,R,L]

[helper]

Solution:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*&)?page=([^&]+)(&.*)?$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /tpb/%2? [R,L]

Seems that Apache 2.2 needs to see the query string and have those extra codes at the end of the RewriteRule