On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 15:59 +0530, Varuna Seneviratna wrote: > 1. enable the UserDir entry: "UserDir enable" > > 2. uncommment the next UserDIR line (and/or modify it for your > choice): "UserDir public_html > > 3.Set the SELinux boolean control "httpd_enable_homedirs" to "on" to > allow apache to access the users "public_html" (or whatever you called > it). > Which are so that requests to your website *with* your username, will server pages served from there. i.e. http://localhost/~varuna would serve files from /home/varuna/public_html/ Requests for just the hostname, still use the global server directory. i.e. http://localhost/ would serve files from /var/www/html unless you've changed the DocumentRoot directive. How did you set step 3 of your instructions? I'm wondering whether it's actually been applied. > 4. Let the user create their "public_html" directory in their home > directory, then use "chcon -t httpd_user_content_t public_html" to set > the security label. > > 5. Let the user set permission bits (chmod +rx public_html) on the > directory. And, do (almost) the same to the files inside your public_html directory (you don't, normally, want the files executable). > Before Doing the above I was not able to even start httpd.But now it > starts and the problem now is I am getting a Forbidden page?From what > I gather I think is that httpd is able to access > /home/varuna/public_html/ But the Web Browser is not able to access > the Home Directory contents, public_html contents to be exact Other things to check for: Go through your main httpd.conf file, and any separate personal-user.conf files, if you have them. There are file access rules set inside Directory clauses for the main DocumentRoot and personal home spaces. With your errors, were you trying a default file, or requesting a specific page? e.g. http://localhost/~varuna/ or http://localhost/~varuna/test.html You certainly are trying out all the bells and whistles, I hope you're having fun. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
