On 8/30/05, Dominique Fober <fober@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Here is some additional information: > >> > >> - the server and system version numbers: > >> Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.50 (Mandrakelinux/7.3.101mdk) > >> mod_perl/1.99_16 Perl/v5.8.5 mod_ssl/2.0.50 OpenSSL/0.9.7d PHP/4.3.8 > >> Linux 2.6.8.1-12mdksmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 1 11:24:45 CEST 2004 i686 > >> Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (official Mandrake 10.1) > > > > Oooo. I get scarded whenever I see that "AdvancedExtranet" stuff. > > That means a version of apache with random extra hacks added. Who > > knows what it will do. > > the apache server is as provided with the official mandrake 10.1 > distribution + some updates Yes, I know. But that could be quite different than the version coming from httpd.apache.org. > > > >> > >> - some reports from error_log: > >> [Thu Aug 25 11:15:09 2005] [error] [client 81.199.84.124] Directory > >> index forbidden by rule: /home/www/html/Creation/Residences/Giroudon/ > >> [Mon Aug 29 17:57:14 2005] [error] [client 194.5.49.22] Directory > >> index > >> forbidden by rule: /home/www/html/ > >> errors are on any folder, access rights have been controled > > > >> > >> - an excerpt of the commonhttpd.conf > >> <Directory /home/www/html> > >> Options -Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks -MultiViews > > > > Well, you do have indexes turned off (although your Options line > > doesn't make a lot of sense -- see the docs for Options). Do you have > > a file in those directories that matches the DirectoryIndex directive? > > yes, there is one (index.html) and the server can find and use it > almost each time, apart these 'occasional' errors... I would try running in single-process mode (httpd -X) under strace and possibly under a debugger to try to figure out exactly why apache can't find the index.html. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx