> -----Original Message----- > From: Frederick Lamartin [mailto:fhlamartin@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 6:12 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: HTTP Error: "Website declined to show > this webpage." > > My website is at c:\users\lamartin\my website > > I have configured Apache to include, but not be limited to, > the following > Directives: > ********************** > ServerRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2" > > ServerName localhost:80 > > Listen 80 > > DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software > Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs" > UserDir Enabled lamartin > UserDir "My Website" > > <Directory "C:/Users/Lamartin/My Website"> > AllowOverride None > Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch > Includes ExecCGI > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > ************************* > > With URL: http:/localhost/~lamartin/ I get an HTTP 403 > error, "Website > declined to show this webpage." The tilde is a unix short-cut. I don't think it'll work with vista... Try using the complete path to your home dir in UserDir, eg: UserDir "C:/Users/Lamartin/My Website" Also, change the "Enabled" key word to "enabled" in case this is not case-insensitive. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > HELP for this error says "This error (HTTP 403 Forbidden) means that > Internet Explorer was able to connect > to the website, but it does not have permission to view the webpage." > > I don't know what is wrong. Any guidance on how to correct > this error would > be appreciated. > > Please note that URL: http://localhost/ works fine. My > operating system is > Windows Vista Home Premium. > > Sent by Frederick H. Lamartin > fhlamartin@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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