Jay, <Directory /> points to the actual '/' path. It is locked down for security reasons, and you should not alter it. To allow access to your server, you should create or alter the <Directory> block in your virtual host instead. Look out for the DocumentRoot directive to know what path to use. Frank. On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Jay <difficult_id@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Edward, > > Thank you for your reply. Was able to see your reply in the archives but it > didn't land in my inbox yet. Subscribed to this list just a moment before > posting this question. So, it may take a while for the list to reflect my > user id as well. > > So, this may appear as a new thread. > > Coming back to the original problem, as it didn't work with the default conf > file, I made minor modification as below: > > Original entry: > > <Directory /> > Options FollowSymLinks > AllowOverride None > Order deny,allow > Deny from all > </Directory> > > > > Updated as: > > <Directory /> > Options FollowSymLinks > AllowOverride None > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > > > Thank You. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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