[NTLUG:Discuss] Apache permissions problem

[David Camm]

in your conf file you'll probably find a statement like this:

DirectoryIndex  index.htm index.html index.shtml index.HTM index.cgi
default.htm default.html Default.htm Default.html

which tells apache what to look for as the index document. it searches
this list in order.

unless your application uses something other than a document name on
YOUR list, or you have a DocumentIndex directive in you virtual host
definition, the reason you are getting the forbidden message (which is
kinda' misleading), is that the file does not exist in the document root
of the url. so.....

do an ls in  /opt/rt2/WebRT/html and see if index.html is there

david camm
advanced web systems


Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> 
> I think I am on the home stretch getting Request Tracker (Work Flow
> software) installed. But of course there are several places where I bump
> up against my own ignorance.
> 
> I may have some other Apache configuration problems but I won't know
> until I get past this one.
> 
> I have change the document root in /etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf to
> /opt/rt2/WebRT/html as indicated in the install docs.
> 
> I have checked the permissions on files and directories all the way down
> the tree. They match the default apache tree. However, I get the
> following when I try to access index.html in the new tree.
> 
> Forbidden
> 
> You don't have permission to access /index.html on this server.
> 
> I have restarted httpd.
> 
> Any idea what I am missing?
> 
> TIA
> Bobby
> 
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