On 9/14/05, matt-nc <ncmail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've created a name-based virtual host in Apache 2.0.54 and am trying to > get it to serve docs out of a directory under /home instead of the default > directory for localhost: /var/www/html. > > I put the following in httpd.conf: > > NameVirtualHost *:80 > > <VirtualHost *:80> > DocumentRoot /home/amos/local-web/php > ServerName php-web > </VirtualHost> > > > then I added the following to the hosts file: > > 127.0.0.1 php-web > > > I created a file, welcome.php and put it in /home/amos/local-web/php but > when I put http://php-web/welcome.php into the browser I get an Access > forbidden! Error 403. And what does the error_log say? > > And now when I put localhost or 127.0.0.1 or localhost/phpinfo.php into the > browser they no longer work either. I get the Access forbidden! Error 403 > message. > > Can someone tell me how to get this set up correctly? I would like to have > some different name-based virtual hosts that will serve documents out of > different directories under /home/amos/... First, it looks like you haven't read the big box labled "Main host goes away" on this page: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/name-based.html Second, you have some permissions problem. If you are using Fedora, then you can't do what you want without turning off or modifying the SELinux configuration. 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