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Old 07-27-2004, 04:11 PM   #1
thegooch49
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apache root directory


Hi gang, I'm using an older version of Red Had, and am hoping to set it up as a basic webserver. The root directory apache uses for it's docs, is /var/www/html wich is owned by root, group root. I created a new group called 'web', and added a few users to it. I then did a chgrp on the html folder so users can read/write to that folder. That worked fine for the read/write, but now I'm getting a 403 forbidden error when I access the webserver through a browser.

Do these files need to have a certain permission set to be visible? Any suggestions?

Thanks for any help.

-Jeff
 
Old 07-27-2004, 04:31 PM   #2
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Apache has to be able to see them as well. You changed the group and Apache does not belong to that root.
 
Old 07-27-2004, 04:48 PM   #3
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That makes sense, but I still can't re-configure it. The html folder is still owned by root, with goup web. I understand that there is a user 'apache'. I added this user to the web group. It still won't work. I also notice that there is a group named apache. Should I just change everything back to owner and group root?

Any advice to repair this? If not, does anyone know a tutorial that describes giving users access to these documents, without root access?

Thanks for the help.
-Gooch
 
Old 07-27-2004, 04:54 PM   #4
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On a lot of configurations, Apache doesn't actually run with the priviliges of the groups the apache user is a member of (this is for security, I imagine). The best thing to do is make sure that your /var/www/html directory is world readable and world executable. Also all files in it should be world readable. Make sure /var/www is world readable and executable too. This should fix your issues.

Alternatively, if you want Apache to run with the priviliges of a particular group, open your httpd.conf file and find the line saying User apache (or whoever your Apache user is). Directly below this add a line saying "Group web", and restart Apache. This will allow Apache to run as group web.
 
Old 07-27-2004, 07:18 PM   #5
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Same problem with RedHat 7.1 and Apache (off the distro - dont remeber the number right now). Had to make permission of the folder (/var/www/html/myfolder) as +x and fortunately for me, it's a hardened intranet with only dial up internet access thru' a DOS client. (It may not work for everyone and one day I will have to change the permission to 444).

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Old 07-28-2004, 11:50 AM   #6
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Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to get it back exactly how it was before I changed anything. Apache is happy again, and is working fine.

Before I make any more changes, let me get this straight. It is OK to change the HTML folder to group = web, as long as I add "group web" in the appache httpd.conf as BTMILLER suggested. Is this correct?
 
  


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