This sounds more like it could be an SELinux problem too. Check out this page for how to deal with both possible causes: http://www.slingcode.com/apache.php On 10/28/05, Ben Gardiner <bengard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I did as suggested, and still get one kind of error I can't understand. > Here is the complete line as it appears in the error_log, except that > the client identity is X'd out: > > [Fri Oct 28 06:42:19 2005] [error] [client XX.XXX.XX.XX] Directory > index forbidden by rule: > /home/httpd/vhosts/aidsinfobbs.org/httpdocs/articles/ > > There are others of the same format and message, that refer to other > directories. All such data directories are drwxrwxrwx since 2 days > ago. > > Callers can access a certain datafile within that directory if the > name of it is known and appended to the directory name, but they > cannot access the directory itself for browsing, nor can they see the > file names in it. > > Ben > > On 10/27/05, Joshua Slive <jslive@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/27/05, Ben Gardiner <bengard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Acting as a caller, I can indeed reach a specific ascii file, but I cannot > > > reach the intervening directory. My hope was to contact someone who > > > has the combination same as mine (some html and some ascii) in order > > > to privately ask what should be my settings. > > > > As has been said about a half-dozen times, html and ascii has nothing > > to do with it. > > > > Here's what you do next: Open up httpd.conf in an editor (and any > > other config files that apache may be using depending on your OS). > > Search through this file for every instance of the Options directive > > and make sure that every single one of them includes "Indexes" in the > > list of options. Then restart apache. > > > > If it still doesn't work, tell us exactly what URL you are trying, and > > exactly what happens when you try it, including the EXACT contents of > > the error log. > > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > From: Ben Gardiner > Return address: bengard@xxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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