[users@httpd] Error 403: Can anyone help a Newbie get started

[EA...@LILLY.COM]

Hi,

I am a complete newbie to Apache, and I am having real problems getting it 
to work.

I have installed version 1.3 under Mandrake Linux using the default 
configuration file, and I had no issues during install and can start and 
stop Apache from the command line without any problem. 

However when I try to access http://localhost/ I keep getting a 403 error 
message.

After many hours searching the Net for help on this, I tried a number of 
suggestions none of which helped me e.g. (always stopping and restarting 
apache after making a change)

given that /usr/local/apache/htdocs is the DocumentRoot

1) Ensure that /usr/local/apache/htdocs and  its sub directories/file are 
not owed by root
2) Ensure that /usr/local/apache/htdoc is dr-xr-xr-x (world execute)
3) Ensure that all files under /usr/local/apache/htdocs and it sub 
directories are r--r--r-- (world read)
4) Ensure that an index.htm, index.html file exist in 
/usr/local/apache/htdoc
5) Set the followin in containers

   <Directory /usr/local/httpd/htdocs>
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All 
   </Directory>

   <Directory />
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All
   </Directory>


Unfortunately none of this has helped me, and I still cannot get Apache to 
show me the index.htm or index.html in /usr/local/httpd/htdocs or anything 
else for that matter.

If anyone has an idea what I am doing wrong (probably something really 
silly) I would be most gratefull.

Many Thanks

James Earp

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Re: [users@httpd] Error 403: Can anyone help a Newbie get started

[Jacob Coby <jc...@listingbook.com>]

> Hi,
>
> I am a complete newbie to Apache, and I am having real problems getting it
> to work.
>
> I have installed version 1.3 under Mandrake Linux using the default
> configuration file, and I had no issues during install and can start and
> stop Apache from the command line without any problem.
>
> However when I try to access http://localhost/ I keep getting a 403 error
> message.

Try looking for a file, ie http://localhost/index.html

Failing that, check for "Deny from" in your httpd.conf.  There may be a
directive that says something like:

Order allow,deny
Deny from all

Also check for the existance of a .htaccess (notice the dot, and that it
will be hidden unless you do a `ls -a`) in your DocumentRoot.  If you find
one, edit it and look for any sort of Deny problems.

If all that fails, post your entire httpd.conf to the list, and we'll try to
give you a hand.

On the upside, you're 95% done getting your webserver up and running :)

-Jacob
http://www.listingbook.com


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