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I am a newbie to Linux and am trying to configure Apache 2 (Web Server), but I was not able to access the document root path with my user. After checking I was getting 403 forbidden error in my browser.
Also accidentally I changed the permissions of /etc after which I am facing INIT: cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm" message during start up.
Also accidentally I changed the permissions of /etc
from the output you gave i am guessing you did this
--- only a guess ??? ---
Code:
su -
--- root password when asked ---
chmod -R 777 /etc
if so
do you have a FULL week 12 hours a day to fix
fixable but it WILL take a huge amount of time
reinstall is faster
30 Min. VS days and days
also RHEL5.4
you ARE paying red hat to KEEP it at this level ?? right ????
or did you never buy the required support contract 3 years ago ( 5.4 came out in Sep. 2009 )
but I was not able to access the document root path with my user. After checking I was getting 403 forbidden error in my browser.
That's because apache uses it's own user "nodoby" (I believe that's how the user is called) who needs read and executable permissions all the way from first dir to last. If any dir in between lacks those, "nobody" will not be allowed to read webpage files.
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