I am lost on what to do. I have an Hp computer set up with Linux Suse 10.0, and am trying to use it as a server for my web site. I am attempting to install apache, but after i install it, and start it, i get a 403 error stating that i cannot access the folder or there is not index file in it. I have tried putting an index file in it, and changing all the permissions....that did not work. I tried to change the directory that apache looks for...that did not work. I put a copy of the htaccess file in both directories that i tried to get to work and that did not work either. What should i do now? I really need some help on this!

Thanks!
Tim

You use the DirectoryIndex directive to define the index (default) file to serve when / is requested

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php

The above directive will tell apache to search, in order, for index.html, index.htm, and then index.php. It will display the first match it finds. If none is found it will send a 403 (forbidden) error unless you have Option +Indexes enabled (you generally don't want to enable that)

Also note: if you want to use .htaccess to enable this rather than the .conf files, you need to enable AllowOverride in the .conf file(s)

I just tried that a sec ago it works now now all i have left to do is fugure out how to set a static ip address on the linux machine and get it to connect to the internet afterwards. Thanks!

Tim