Apache Won't Allow Access to Pages

LaughingBovine · 11-05-2006, 09:42 PM

Hi, i'm having a bit of trouble with apache.
I am using Apache 2.2.2, and when I navigate to http://localhost/index.html, i get a 403 Forbidden. If i just navigate to http://localhost/ i get the Apache first-install page.

In my document root all there is is...

Code:

[geoff@bovinious ~]$ cd /var/www/html
[geoff@bovinious html]$ ls
index.html

I'm running FC5.

Among the lines in my (mostly default) httpd.conf are...

Code:

Listen 80
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/html">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

I don't really understand why this would be happening. I changed file permissions for the html/ directory and the index.html file so all could access.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

macemoneta · 11-05-2006, 10:09 PM

If you have SELinux enabled, I suspect you moved the file into /var/www/html instead of copying it. By moving it, you maintained the source directory file context, instead of inheriting the destination directory context. To confirm this, check /var/log/messages or /var/log/audit/audit.log - you should see an AVC message each time the file is accessed.

To correct the problem:

Code:

chcon system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/index.html

For more information on FC5 SELinux, check this document.