after two days trying to get apache up n running, i finally got it up a few hours ago...
i can view localhost (comes up with the apache has been sucessfuflly installed thingie) yet, when i wish to view localhost/~de it comes up with
i manually set the persmissions, even to 777 but its still coming up with that error :S
from what ive worked on with jsp files at uni, ive needed a htacess file, but i dont have the fainted clue on how to go about that.
also, i have created a public_html with an index.html file in /de

thx
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assuming that localhost/~de expands to /home/de/public_html, then you'll need to set exec permissions on all directories in that path - home, de, and public_html.

ie. chmod 711 /home/de
chmod 711 $HOME/public_html

the directory home should already have exec permissions (mine is 755).

Ahhhh
i love this place =)

i dont care for the fact im a here
works

i will be bother u here a bit thought.. im new, and experimenting with everything, particuarly setting this web server up

Hi folks!
I'm experiencing the same permissions problem!

My virtual host files are in /var/www/mydomain1/

I DO have exec permission (755) on /var, /var/www/ and /var/www/mydomain1/

I get the "You don't have permission to access / on this server." error even if I point my browser to localhost! BUT if I point it to /var/www/mydomain1/ I AM able to see all files!

Here is my virtual host definition on httpd2.conf (BTW, I'm running Mdk 9.2):

#
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain1
ServerName www.mydomain1.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain2
ServerName www.mydomain2.com
</VirtualHost>

Please shed some light!!!
Thanks!!!!