On 10/10/05, Boyle Owen <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dotan Cohen [mailto:dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx] > > > > The server > > had no problems when the DocRoot was /home/dotancohen/www/public_html. > > Why should it have any problems when I switch it back to the default, > > /var/www/html? > > There must be something different between the two dirs. Experiment, play around, try some things... > > Apache has to be able to read all the files in the docroot. BTW, when posting, always quote verbatim (cut'n'paste) the error message in the error_log and describe what happens without usnig the phrase "doesn't work" (which could mean anything...) > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://technology-sleuth.com/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. > Thanks Owen and everybody else. The error I get in the browser is: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. The error I get in the log is: [Tue Oct 11 16:47:32 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to / denied [Tue Oct 11 16:47:32 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to /favicon.ico denied [Tue Oct 11 16:47:32 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to /favicon.ico denied The facts are: When I change the DocRoot back to /home/dotancohen/www/public_html all works as expected. When I change to /var/www/html I get the errors described. /var/www and /var/www/html are permissions 744. I restart apache whenever I change the httpd.conf file. Might I be changing httpd.cong in a not correct manner? I do it by commenting/uncommenting these lines: ------ # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations. DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" # DocumentRoot "/home/dotancohen/www/public_html" # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to. <Directory "/var/www/html"> # <Directory "/home/dotancohen/www/public_html"> ------ Dotan http://technology-sleuth.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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