Sorry, instead of www-user it should be www-data. So, try: >> chown www-data /path/to/document/root On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Evert Lammerts <evert.lammerts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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