Apache: 403 Forbidden Error

daemonkl · 10-14-2007, 09:19 AM

Hi!

I'm having apache web server run on my pc, and have created one account for website
unfortunately, the site is not accessible and hit 403 Forbidden Error

Quote:

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

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.37 Server at forexbah.com Port 80

this is my httpd.conf file

Quote:

<VirtualHost 209.250.236.2:80>
ServerAlias www.forexbah.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@forexbah.com
DocumentRoot /home/forexbah/public_html
ServerName forexbah.com

User forexbah
Group forexbah
BytesLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/forexbah.com-bytes_log
CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/forexbah.com combined
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/forexbah/public_html/cgi-bin/
</VirtualHost>

<Directory "/home/forexbah/public_html">
Options None
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

I have set chmod a+r /home/forexbah/public_html but the page still cannot be displayed
anything wrong with the httpd.conf ?

ray_80 · 10-14-2007, 09:30 AM

The error explains the problem; it is a permission issue. Do a ls -la on the /home/forexbah/public_html directory and be sure it is readable by the web server.

daemonkl · 10-14-2007, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ray_80

The error explains the problem; it is a permission issue. Do a ls -la on the /home/forexbah/public_html directory and be sure it is readable by the web server.

as i mention, i have done chmod a+x to the directory /home/forexbah/public_html ..and it should be readable by all (user, group, others)

digen · 10-14-2007, 11:50 AM

What does the Apache error_log say ? It is a permission issue.

Check the permissions from /home and traverse down the order till you reach public_html which is your Web root directory.

ray_80 · 10-14-2007, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daemonkl

as i mention, i have done chmod a+x to the directory /home/forexbah/public_html ..and it should be readable by all (user, group, others)

The error is stating that the web server has no rights to enter the directory.

Post the results of the ls -la