At 10:57 AM 1/1/2006, httpd2@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Have you sent up a directory container in your httpd.conf file to give apache access to the said directory? like:
thanks for the tips. I suspect that I have to do ALL of this....
<Directory path/to/your/dir> Options None Options Indexes Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from localhost Allow from </Directory> Also, if you want to allow access to the directories in /home/user/public_html, you will need to enable load and enable mod_userdir, as these directories are usually outside of the normal document root path. see Apache Module mod_userdir for details. Keith On Sun, 1 Jan 2006, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [users@httpd] Beginning Apache 2 setup > > Linux Centos 4.2 build > > Double NATed and behind firewall (lab net), so security too much of an > issue at this time. > > Goal: set up a directory of files to access by another system. > > So I enable user directory, do a chmod 711 /home/user and chmode 755 > /home/user/public_html > > And get forbidden access. > > What did I do wrong, or better yet where is a GOOD source? (or even a > setup script!) > > So I try to put files in /var/www/html, while logged in as root. > > Create index.html with the sole content of: > > hello > > and that displays. > > So I create directory xx > > and localhost/xx does not exist. > > So I create file /var/www/html/more.html > > and localhost/more.html does not exist. > > OK. Where have I gone wrong? > > I have an OLD version of Apache running on NT, but that of course is a > diffferent setup. > > > Barrs Law of Recursive futility > If you're smart enough to use one of these.... > .....you can probably manage without one! > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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