Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
Although I can configure httpd.conf by hand, I am deliberately sticking with the redhat-config-httpd tool so that I can test it and provide feedback. Having said that, this is the procedure I have followed with no joy so far; I would appreciate any comments or suggestions as to what I may have done wrong:
I can offer suggestions, but only based on your httpd.conf...
...but perhaps identifying the underlying issues will help identify where redhat-config-httpd is and is not doing the correct thing.
3. Verified that /etc/host.conf says "order hosts, dns" and verified that there is no DNS server running on this machine.
More importantly, does 'host simpaticus' return 127.0.0.1?
4. Set up a name virtual host in redhat-config-httpd pointing to /home/rpaiz/www.simpaticus.com. I can provide details, but honestly don't see where something could possibly be misconfigured. The named vhost is "simpaticus".
Based on my past experience with Apache, this really ought to be a no-brainer, but then again perhaps the brain is off. Entering "simpaticus" or "simpaticus.localdomain" in the browser URL window always leads to a "Forbidden: You do not have permission to see / on this machine" error. All file permissions are set to 644 and directories are set to 755, with owner rpaiz.rpaiz.
I presume by "all file permissions" you mean /home/rpaiz/www.simpaticus.com/ and subdirectories.
I'd expect to find the following in your httpd.conf file, based on your comments, are these there?
NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.l:80>
DocumentRoot /home/rpaiz/www.simpaticus.com
ServerName simpaticus
ServerAlias simpaticus.localhost
ErrorLog logs/www.simpaticus.com-error_log
</VirtualHost> <Directory /home/rpaiz/www.simpaticus.com> Order allow,deny Allow from all
</Directory>
The '127.0.0.1:80' may also appear as '*:80'.
