403

amritpalpathak · 04-20-2011, 12:17 PM

I have installed apache server successfully and have worked it on from many months.I dont know what changes by mistake i have made in apache.conf or httpd.conf file.Now when i browese to "localhost:3000",it gives the message
403 - Forbidden

Somebody please help

Thanks

ButterflyMelissa · 04-20-2011, 12:28 PM

Hi,

I doubt it has something to do with the conf file (alone) - is the requested folder world readable? Is there an "index" in there, 403 generally means you (the surfer/visitor - from the standpoint of the server) try to access a resource (folder) that you cannot read. Apache must have read rights though...
But...now that we are on the subject, check the conf file for dirctory permissions, a sample:

Quote:

<Directory "/home/domain/www">
Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Hope to have helped a bit...

Thor

amritpalpathak · 04-21-2011, 07:20 AM

The content of my httpd.conf file are
LoadModule passenger_module /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.7/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.7
PassengerRuby /usr/bin/ruby1.8
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.yourhost.com
DocumentRoot /home/amrit/amritpal/public
<Directory /somewhere/public>
AllowOverride all
Options -MultiViews
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

is it ok and show file has a direct permisson?

Thanks

ButterflyMelissa · 04-21-2011, 09:46 AM

Okay, let's disect this frog...

Quote:

LoadModule passenger_module /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.7/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so

Does the module have execute rights, if not, try:

Quote:

chmod +x /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.7/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so

Next...

Quote:

are you hosting more than one site? If so look into this http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html or (granted, somewhat dated...) http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/name-based.html for named hosting, as I see a www entry in there...

I'll be watching this thread!

Thor

lrtward · 04-21-2011, 12:53 PM

You have <VirtualHost *:80> defined but you're browsing to port 3000. Do you have <VirtualHost *:3000> defined anywhere?

ButterflyMelissa · 04-21-2011, 01:08 PM

(woops - missed that one...)

firewall?

And, eh, something that keeps itching me: where is the backup you made before editting such important stuff? If you made server backups before - the "working" file should/could be in there...