OK. It isn’t by default. Are you using extra/httpd-manual.conf, i.e. have it included from http.conf, or are you using the default settings?
The only other thing I can think of is that somewhere in the /opt/local/www/apache2/manual path there are some incorrect permissions. > On Feb 2, 2021, at 10:16 AM, Carlo Tambuatco <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Feb 2, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Marius Schamschula <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Did you check if all required modules are active? >> >> I just installed apache2 on a Catalina system. I couldn’t view the manual >> until I edited http.conf and enabled mod_negotiation >> > > in httpd.conf > > LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache2/mod_negotiation.so > > is uncommented. > > > > >>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:50 AM, Carlo Tambuatco <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 10:37 AM, Marius Schamschula <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Let’s step back one step. >>>> >>>> You are running which version of macOS? >>> >>> >>> 10.15.7 updated last night. >>> >>> >>>>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:25 AM, Carlo Tambuatco <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:32 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Am 02.02.2021 um 13:20 schrieb Carlo Tambuatco <[email protected]>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This might seem like a small issue, but it bothers me because I just >>>>>>> can’t find >>>>>>> what changed... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It seems the latest security update to macOS has rendered me unable to >>>>>>> view the >>>>>>> apache manual pages installed on my local webserver. It worked fine >>>>>>> before the >>>>>>> update, but now when I open up a browser to >>>>>>> http://localhost:8080/manual, I get >>>>>>> 403 Forbidden, you don’t have permission to access this resource. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I checked my httpd.conf file, and my extra/httpd-manual.conf file which >>>>>>> contain the >>>>>>> apache directives for viewing and handling the manual pages, but as far >>>>>>> as I can tell, >>>>>>> nothing changed. It seems apache2 can find the directory, but it now >>>>>>> says I don’t >>>>>>> have permission to view it? What possibly could have changed? >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you check if Apache is allowed to access (and serve) the folder and >>>>>> files of the manual pages? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> How do I do this? >>>>> >>>>>> Best, Hraban >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
