I have it sorted now, changing the search strategy in google does wonders. Turns out adding an allow from clause to the apache config worked.
thanks for all the replies. Nick. On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:34:47 +1300 Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > >I want /usr/portage/distfiles to appear as /distfiles/ on my web server > >(apache2) > > > >I have tried: > > > >1. making a symlink /var/www/lcalhost/htdocs/distfiles to point to > >/usr/portage/distfiles > > > >2. adding > > > >Alias /distfiles /usr/portage/distfiles > > > >to my apache config and restarting apache (after deleting the symlink) > > > >Both result in 403 "Forbidden > > > >You don't have permission to access /distfiles/ on this server." errors. > > > >where to from here? > > > > > Do you have the default file in the directory (this misleading message > is quite common in that case) > > Does the user id that Apache is running as have rights to the directory > > You can set the root of apache to /usr/portage/ which may still give the > message. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
