[SOLVED] Apache VHosts problem

B-Rye · 04-08-2012, 01:06 PM

Having some trouble adding some vhosts.

I took over this server from someone just to do some web stuff for a company. they want me to add a couple more domain names and do the websites.

looking at his httpd.conf I can see where he has added all the other vhosts and they work, but yet a simple copy/paste and edit of the names doesn't seem to work for me.

when i goto website2 i get the generic "Great Success ! Apache is working on your cPanel® and WHM™ Server" message.

if I add the /index.html i get

Forbidden You don't have permission to access /index.html on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/5.2.9 Server at website2.com Port 80

here is the code he has that works.. i simply figured replaced website1 with website2 and restarting httpd should do the trick.. unfortunately it is not and I am so frustrated as to why.

Code:

<VirtualHost ipaddress:80>
    ServerName website1.com
    ServerAlias www.website1.com
    DocumentRoot /home/website1/public_html
    ServerAdmin webmaster@website1.com
    UseCanonicalName Off
    CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/website1.com combined
    CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/website1.com-bytes_log "%{%s}t %I .\n%{%s}t %O ."
    ## User website1 # Needed for Cpanel::ApacheConf
    <IfModule !mod_disable_suexec.c>
        SuexecUserGroup website1 website1
    </IfModule>
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/website1/public_html/cgi-bin/
</VirtualHost>

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am under time constraints to get this going for the client.

Thanks in advance!

leslie_jones · 04-08-2012, 01:42 PM

What do the logs say - particularly the error log?

B-Rye · 04-08-2012, 02:36 PM

Code:

[Sun Apr 08 15:31:01 2012] [crit] [client *myip] (13)Permission denied: /home/*website2/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

B-Rye · 04-08-2012, 03:30 PM

It's definitely something to do with the directory I am trying to setup the new domain on.

If I change DocumentRoot to /home/website1/public_html it works
but /home/website2/public_html does not

what do I need to do to setup this directory properly?

descendant_command · 04-08-2012, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B-Rye

Code:

ensure it is readable

B-Rye · 04-08-2012, 04:19 PM

lol.. exact same r/w permissions on both website1 and website2 folders and files.. i think i've triple checked that already.. and obviously just cause.. did it again now

descendant_command · 04-08-2012, 05:02 PM

Specifically focus on the .htaccess file. does it even exist?

The "Forbidden" apache error suggests being denied by the webserver rather than the filesystem.

B-Rye · 04-08-2012, 08:00 PM

yes it does exist

actually what i just tried was copying the entire website1 into website2 folder including the .htaccess file

still no go and I have no idea why

why does apache not like this users folder?

B-Rye · 04-08-2012, 10:11 PM

not sure what I did but I have permissions now.. Still having an issue with vhosts but I will start a new thread for it here.