I typed in the command ls -l /home/httpd/html
the directory /home/httpd/html actually has three
listings ( "index.html", manual and poweredby.png).
after typing in the command this is what appears on
the terminal (well something like this):
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root index.html
drwxr-xr-x 3 root manual
-rw-r--r-- 1 root poweredby.png
so i don't know which one to match since there appears
3. do i still issue the chmod command?
--- Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've added the list back in, since I don't do
> *private* troubleshooting.
>
> Yes, you execute the commands in the shell. Here's a
> slightly more
> step-by-step approach:
>
> 1. Find your Apache config files. (I don't know
> where Red Hat normally puts
> them; on my systems, I don't use the defaults, so I
> don't even recall what
> Debian does about this.) They are files with the
> names access.conf,
> srm.conf, and one other I forget.
>
> 2. See what your DocumentRoot is. If you are in the
> directory with the
> config files, the command "grep DocumentRoot *"
> should get you that information.
>
> 3. See what permissions are associated with the
> DocumentRoot directory. If
> the directory is /home/fred, for **example**, do
> this with the command "ls
> -l /etc/fred". You want the stuff on the left-hand
> side to read, probably,
> rwxr-xr-x. (There might be w's where I show -'s;
> that's OK. But you need the
> r's and x's I show.)
>
> 4. If it doesn't match what I showed above, then (as
> root) run the command
> "chmod 755 /etc/fred"
>
> 5. You *may* also need to make the files within the
> DocumentRoot directory
> readable by apache. If you do, the command "chmod
> 644 /etc/fred/*" is one
> way to do it.
>
> 6. Now try connecting. If it still doesn't work,
> check the apache logs
> (again, I don't know where Red Hat puts them - on my
> Debian systems, they
> are in /var/log/apache) andf see what problem the
> apache server is logging.
>
> Even if all of this works, you may not have good
> (that is, secure)
> permissions set. There is no shortcut to
> understanding here; you need to
> read up on permissions and how they work, so you
> don't make mistakes that
> leave you vulnerable. Any beginner's guide to Unix
> or Linux will cover the
> basics here.
>
> At 08:16 AM 3/17/01 -0800, Keletso Mokgethi wrote:
> >I am using the Redhat Linux distribution 6.2 and it
> >has version 1.3 of Apache. I am really a novice and
> I
> >am not sure of anything i am doing. The only option
> I
> >set on the server was the Servername option, I've
> >never really tampered with the conf files. The
> first
> >time I tested the server out, it worked, so now it
> >won't allow me permission. The other commands you
> >suggested that I execute, I don't understand -
> where
> >do I execute them - the shell?
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> The problem is not with your browser; it is with
> th
> >> Apache server. It
> >> normally runs as an unprivileged user (sometimes
> >> "www"; sometimes "nobody").
> >> Whatever directory you have set in Apache as its
> >> DocumentRoot (the directory
> >> it uses when you connect to it without anything
> >> after the hostname) has too
> >> restrictive permissions on it.
> >>
> >> So ... find the directory ... without any
> >> information from you about the
> >> Linux distribution and version you are using, any
> >> suggestions from me would
> >> be wild guesses ... and chmod it to 555, its
> >> contents to 444, and you should
> >> be set.
> >>
> >> At 12:07 PM 3/16/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >> >hi all,
> >> >
> >> >i am a newbie to linux and i have been trying to
> >> run
> >> >the apache webserver on a laptop and i am
> running
> >> into
> >> >problems from the start. right now i am not able
> to
> >> >access the server even from my host computer. i
> >> have
> >> >or logged on as root and i have tried opening a
> >> >browser to test the server. i typed
> >> http://localhost
> >> >and i get an error message that reads:
> >> >
> >> >Forbidden:
> >> >
> >> >"you do not have permission to access / on this
> >> >server"
> >> >
> >> >the port number is set to the default value of
> 80.
> >> >
> >> >how do i resolve this problem, please assist.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> me
> >> the odds!"---
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>
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> >>
> >>
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