[Bug 370542] Re: Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page
Here is the output from apache's error log: [Fri May 01 22:09:58 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.1 with Suhosin-Patch configured -- resuming normal operations [Fri May 01 22:26:57 2009] [error] [client ::1] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/ [Fri May 01 22:33:19 2009] [error] [client ::1] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/aaa [Fri May 01 22:35:20 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down [Fri May 01 22:35:21 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.1 with Suhosin-Patch configured -- resuming normal operations [Fri May 01 22:35:25 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /var/www/aaa I'm also attaching /etc/apache2/sites-avaible/default file. I haven't modified the apache2.conf file. ** Attachment added: default http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26228255/default -- Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 370542] Re: Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page
Hi! It seems that I'm also affected by this bug. Here's how to reproduce this problem: 1. do a fresh install of apache2 in Ubuntu Jaunty 2. change line 13 in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default from allow from all to allow from localhost 3. reboot (this is important!) 4. open http://localhost/ in the browser of your choice. You'll get the error message Forbidden. You don't have permission to access / on this server, whereas the address http://127.0.0.1/ will greet you with the correct It works! sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart will solve the problem until the next boot, and changing line 13 back to allow from all will work as it should. Maybe apache is started before the network is correctly initialised and therefore doesn't know localhost? Martin -- Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 370542] Re: Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page
DIAGNOSIS: Based on the [client ::1] in the log entries, I strongly suspect an IPv6 related issue here. In Jaunty, /etc/hosts has a line ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback where in Intrepid, this was ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback I *strongly* suspect that allow from localhost in Apache maps to an IPv4 allow from 127.0.0.1, but in Jaunty, the incoming request is actually coming in from IPv6 address ::1, which therefore does not match the allow rule. EVIDENCE: (A) Once you edit things to use allow localhost and then reboot, browsing to http://[::1]/. fails but browsing to http://[127.0.0.1]/ works. (B) Editing the line of .etrc/hosts that starts with ::1 to remove the localhost name and then restarting your browser allows browsing to http://localhost/ to work once more (because now localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1). SOLUTION: The 'fix' is now trivially obvious. Edit the line of /etc/apache2 /sites-available/default to say allow localhost as before, and then add a new line immediately after it that says allow ::1 . Now both IPv4 locahost and IPv6 localhost clients are permitted the rules the sysadmin has manually specified, and now browsing from Firefox on the local machine works as expected. QUESTION: Is this really a bug? Or is it simply a change of overall system behaviour as the world becomes more IPv6 conscious, that those who like editing Apache config files by hand should know about? [I suspect the latter, but I'm not at all dogmatic about that opinion :) ] In case it matters, my tests were all done in a Jaunty i386 virtual machine using virtualbox-ose on a Jaunty amd86 host system, and with Firefox as my browser of choice. Jonathan -- Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 370542] Re: Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page
Let me see if I understand this correctly.. You installed Apache2, and when you directly afterwards try to visit http://localhost you are greeted by the 403? Later restarting apache2 solves the problem? I did a fresh install of apache2 and http://localhost/ immediately gave me a It works!. How did you go about installing apache2? Can you manage to reproduce this error? ** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Accessing http://localhost gives without reason a 403 Forbidden error page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
