On Sun, 7 Jul 2002 20:45:52 +0930 "Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the info, never really thought about looking at the > commonhttpd.conf file, however my problem still occurs... > > I guess my question comes down to this.... > > What are the permission/ownership requirements of DocumentRoot > directories??? > > Cheers, > > Shannon I'm not sure the bare minimum, but 755 would work. Also, make sure you don't have a firewall blocking your http port. Todd > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Todd Slater > Sent: Sunday, 7 July 2002 00:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Apache DocumentRoot > > > On Sun, 7 Jul 2002 00:12:26 +0930 > "Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi There people, > > > > I just installed Mandrake 8.2 onto my new server and as part of that > > install I installed the default Apache Server > > Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer 1.3.23 > > > > I have tried changing the default DocumentRoot setting to something > > other than /var/www however whenever I do this I always get a > Forbidden > > error when attempting to access the pages in the new DocumentRoot. I > > have played around by chmod'ing the new dir to increasingly higher > > levels of permissions however the error still appears. > > > > This not only applies to the default website on this server, but any > > Virtual Hosts that I Include in the httpd.conf file through the > Include > > tag give the same result. > > > > Can anyone shed some light as to how I would get a new DocumentRoot > > setting to function correctly. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Shannon > > Hmm, I put my virtual hosts info in /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/Vhosts.conf, > and specify document root in /etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf. > > What did you chmod your new root folder to? > > Did you stop and restart httpd? > > Could you access your site before you changed the root directory? > > Todd
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