Hello,

I have installaed "lighttpd" on my CentOS 5.4, i386 PC. Due to some configuration issues in "apache httpd", i tried to use "lighttpd" as a new webserver,which is having light wieght process environment.

I used "yum install lighttpd" & installed well without any dependency problem.

After the installation,i have set certain parameters in /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file i.e. "DocumentRoot" etc....

The "DocumentRoot" is /srv/www/lighttpd/

Now, inside the "DocumentRoot", I have created sample "index.html" & "index.php" file which works well.

After that,i have put "phpmyadmin" directory & got below error.

403 Forbidden

I am working on "apache httpd" since more then 3 years & i have no technical expertise on "lighttpd".

If you put same "phpmyadmin" directory on "/var/www/html" DocumentRoot,which is meant for "apache httpd", it worked well.

Kindly let me know if someone knows the solution.

Advanced Thanks & Congratulation To All Guys Who is Working & Dealing with "lighttpd"

Regards,
Nishith Vyas

What does Lighttpd's error log tell you?

IIRC in apache, a 403 error is related to the "directory browsing" option in the configuration file. I'm a little new to apache, but this is someting I was looking up for security.

In apache configuration, we look for a line like:
"Options All FollowSymLinks MultiViews"
and add the word "Indexes" to it:
"Options All Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews"
Apache usually has directory browsing switched on by default, and people sometimes disable it for security reasons.

So, perhaps lighttpd has something similar?