> -----Original Message-----
> From: alfredo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Montag, 16. Mai 2005 21:56
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a supposition about .htaccess [was: public_html
> does not work]
>
>
> My commonhttpd.conf file has this directive uncommented:
>
> #
> # AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
> # for access control information.
> #
> AccessFileName .htaccess
>
> My qyestion is: Do I have to put a .htaccess file in:
>
> /home/myuser/public_html
>
> to avoid this nightmare:
>
> "Forbidden
> You don't have permission to access /~myuser/ on this server."
No.
A couple of points might clear up some misunderstandings:
- A .htaccess file is just a way of setting some directives in a specific
directory. The directives can be anything that works in a directory context and
are not restricted to those which control password access.
- Having said that, the most common use of a .htaccess file is to switch on
password access, hence the confusion (which also extends to the documentation
line quoted above).
- In your case, the error has nothing to do with password access. A failure of
a password login leads to an 401 Unauthorized. This is different from the 403
Forbidden you're getting.
- 403 Forbidden arises when the browser requests a certain file but the server
is configured not to serve that file. This is usually because there is a "Deny
from " directive blocking access. For example, a typical setup is to put:
<Directory />
Deny from all
</Directory>
At the top of the config. This denies access to everywhere from everyone. Then
you allow access only where you need it:
<Directory /home/fred/public_html>
Allow from all
</Directory>
This is a very safe setup, but if you're not aware of it you might get a
surprise. I suspect you might have something like this. NB, you can use a
wildcard to allow access to a range of directories:
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
Allow from all
</Directory>
This might fix it for you...
Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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>
> when I point my browser on:
> http://www.mydomain.com/~myuser/
>
> ???
>
> Tnx a lot
> Alfredo
>
>
>
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