Apache 2.0.4 .. FORBIDDEN error

CRego3D · 03-08-2003, 12:49 AM

I have a Weird error

I am usign RH 8.0 with Apache 2.0.40 (standard install), when I change the directory from where the pages are to be serverd (from /var/www/html to /home/user/www) I get Forbidden erros .. am I missing something ?

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /phpinfo.php on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

trickykid · 03-08-2003, 12:55 AM

Well, you probably don't have permission to read them..

Check your permissions on the files would be my first step.

CRego3D · 03-08-2003, 12:58 AM

I did, the files are all chmod to 755

trickykid · 03-08-2003, 01:05 AM

Do you have php enabled to be handled by apache ? Can you post your httpd.conf file here, might help us determine your problem. And you wouldn't be trying to use the UserDirective or anything, or are you just specifying the new location of the base root directory ?

Ingmar · 05-15-2003, 09:55 AM

Hi,

I got he same error when trying to access a plain index.html file.

I was trying http://myIP/mydir and my dir was not found
then I edited commonhttpd.conf to include an alias for /mydir to /usr/local/mydir
After that http://myIP/mydir was found, but I got the same permission denied error. I also have all file permissions set to 755.

Did you find a solution to this problem ?

-Ingmar

vous · 05-15-2003, 10:19 AM

Try this....

find what the DocumentRoot is in your httpd.conf:

should look something like this....

DocumentRoot "/xxx1/xxx2/xxx3/xxx4/xxx5"

Now make an html file:

<html>
Hello Linux!
</html>

Save it and put it here:

"/xxx1/xxx2/xxx3/xxx4/xxx5/hello.html"

Go to your browser and try a http://localhost/hello.html

What happens?

Ingmar · 05-15-2003, 10:44 AM

Hi vous,

fast reply! Thanks!

the hello.html in /var/www/html/ worked.

after that I copied it to /usr/local/mydir/ and made a symbolic link at /var/www/html/ mydir -> /usr/local/mydir/
after that http://localhost/mydir/hello.html also worked.

I looked into my index.html file. It actually contains a call to a cgi script: <head> <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=cvsqueryform.cgi"></head>

So I guess the error comes from not allowing cgi scripts to executre in that directory. How do I enable them ?

-Inmgar