Here is the message from the Apache error log: [client 161.28.248.51] (13)Permission denied: access to /phpBB2/docs/INSTALL.html denied The Directory is defined in httpd.conf as <Directory "/var/www/html"> >>> "Boyle Owen" <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> 11/1/2006 8:40 AM >>> > -----Original Message----- > From: ROGER DEBRY [mailto:DEBRYRO@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:21 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [users@httpd] Strange problem with permissions > > I have just recently installed Apache 2.2.2. All seems to work just > fine. > > However, today I downloaded a package that requires a number of files > be installed in my web directory. When I try to access these > files from > a browser, I get an error message that I don't have > permission to access > the files. Please cut'n'paste the exact error message in the error log. Also, post the config snippet for the configuration of your "web directory" (eg, <Directory> container). Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > I have an html file that I created sitting right next to the one in > question in my web directory. It has exactly the same permissions and > ownership. I can access this file from the browser but not the one I > downloaded. > > Stranger yet, I loaded the downloaded file into a text editor > and saved > it with a different name. The file did not change. I can > access this new > file just fine. > > Can anyone give me an idea of what is going on? > > Many Thanks.... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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