-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: surinder singh [mailto:surindersingh@bflsoftware.com] > Subject: httpd acess problem ... > my httpd on redhat6.2 is giving following error to browser. ... > Forbidden > You don't have permission to access / on this server. > Apache/1.3.12 Server at 164.164.58.187 Port 80 > > in httpd.conf: > DocumentRoot "/home/httpd/html" > and this directory is having read permission for all ^^^^ Try setting execute permission for the DIRECTORY. otherwise your server cannot switch to /home/httpd/html when executing also include in the configuration: - -----snip---- end of exerpt--------------------------------- <Directory /home/httpd/html> Options None AllowOverride None order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> - -----snip---- end of exerpt--------------------------------- this is because you probably also have a part <Directory /> Options None AllowOverride None </Directory> which implicitely defines "order deny" furthermore try checking out /var/log/httpd/error_log good luck ! ******* Groetjes vanwege ***** Greetings From ******* Dieter Demerre - http://www.angelfire.com/de/ddemerre ddemerre@acm.org - ext.dieter.demerre@siemens.be Although this private and confidential e-mail has been sent to you through a personal Siemens account, it does NOT represent any official opinion of Siemens. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received it in error, please notify the sender by replying with 'received in error' as the subject and then delete it from your mailbox. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBOX669glG34XnM6kpEQKmbwCgsdKSzsKFaLbwDUds+UJexQ7katcAoPa/ tB/zUWrkcZhgh4YpaaQIShgg =B9Bk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu