Seeds

I created a new blog using the latest version WordPress 2.0.5

Permalinks works without any modifications. Just make sure that you have .htaccess turned on in the control panel.

Go to WordPress admin and click on Option and Permalinks. Then select “Date and name based” so the urls will look like /2006/11/08/sample-post/

I use Netfirms. They do support Permalinks by default:
https://support.netfirms.com/idx.php/57/669/Netfirms-WordPress/article/How-do-I-create-search-engine-safe-URLs-in-Wordpress.html