> 1. I have started linux from the ROOT user. It doesn't matter which user you've started apache with. The permissions apache works with are by default set to 'www-user' (in apache2.conf), meaning that www-user needs to have access to your document root folder. Check which folder is your document root and I think this command should ix your problem: >> chown www-user /path/to/document/root Try and let us know --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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