[linux] apache is not being my friend today

[Garrett Cooper]

Jesse Weigert wrote:

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> What does the error log say?
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> Also, try using su to switch to the apache user and try reading files
> yourself.  Sometimes it seems like apache should be able to read the
> files, but you might find a reason it can't.
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> Jesse Weigert
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> Jonathan Nicol wrote:
> | Hi all,
> |
> | I'm setting up a new apache server for my in-office use. Apache2 on
> FC4, to be
> | specific. I've got two Virtual Hosts; one the default, and one for
> "assets".
> | The default works fine, but the "assets" site returns a 403 Forbidden
> for any
> | file, existing or not. I've checked the file permissions 3 times. Am I
> missing
> | something here? Appreciate any suggestions or pointers. Relevant
> sections of
> | httpd.conf follows.
> |
> | thanks,
> | Jonathan
> |
> |
> | Listen 80
> | Include conf.d/*.conf
> | User apache
> | Group apache
> | ServerAdmin root at bluegecko.net
> | ServerName oswald.office.bluegecko.net:80
> | UseCanonicalName Off
> | DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
> | <Directory />
> |     Options FollowSymLinks
> |     AllowOverride None
> | </Directory>
> | <Directory "/var/www/html">
> |     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
> |     AllowOverride None
> |     Order allow,deny
> |     Allow from all
> | </Directory>
> |
> | <Directory "/home/*/www/html">
> |         Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
> |         AllowOverride none
> |         Order allow,deny
> |         Allow from all
> | </Directory>
> |
> | NameVirtualHost *:80
> |
> | <VirtualHost *:80>
> |         ServerName oswald.office.bluegecko.net
> |         DocumentRoot /var/www/html
> | </VirtualHost>
> |
> | <VirtualHost *:80>
> |         ServerName assets.office.bluegecko.net
> |         DocumentRoot /home/assets/www/html
> |         CustomLog logs/assets_access_log combined
> |         ErrorLog logs/assets_error_log
> | </VirtualHost>
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    If the permissions aren't world readable for regular files and world 
readable and executable for directories, or are world writeable for 
either files/directories, yes of course you will receive 403 errors. 
This applies to all root directories as well of course. I would assume a 
home directory would have fairly strict permissions setup as well...
-Garrett