-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 15 Aug 2005 at 8:37, Joel Smith wrote: From: Joel Smith <joelvsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:37:18 -0400 Subject: httpd newbie / access denied, no permission to ~userid Send reply to: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > I am running Fedora Core 4, httpd-2.0.54. > > When I try to access http://localhost/~userid/index.html I get > > Forbidden > > You don't have permission to access /~userid on this server. > > Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to > use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. > > the permissions for /home/userid and /home/userid/public_html are > drwxr-xr-x, the permission for /home/userid/public_html/index.html is > -rw-rw-r-- ... > > I changed the mod_userdir.c section in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to : > > <IfModule mod_userdir.c> > # > # UserDir is disabled by default since it can confirm the presence > # of a username on the system (depending on home directory > # permissions). > # > #UserDir disable > > # > # To enable requests to /~user/ to serve the user's public_html > # directory, remove the "UserDir disable" line above, and uncomment > # the following line instead: > # > UserDir public_html > > </IfModule> > > and then I use the next section which was originally commented out. > > # > # Control access to UserDir directories. The following is an example > # for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only. > # > <Directory /home/*/public_html> > AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit > Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec > <Limit GET POST OPTIONS> > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Limit> > <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS> > Order deny,allow > Deny from all > </LimitExcept> > </Directory> > > all other parts of httpd.conf were left as is... > > That's about all I know about httpd and it doesn't work.. How do I get > access to view the html pages in /home/userid/public_html ??? > > In the error logs it reports: > [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to /~userid denied > > it also seems to be looking for a favicon.ico > > File does not exist: [client 127.0.0.1] File does not > exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > -- What are the permissions of the /home directory. Check if it is a SELinux problem. system-config-securitylevel disable the SELinux, and see it it then works. If yes, it is a SELinux problem. Re-enable it, and check the httpd settings, one regards to access of user home directories. I seem to recall that the change didn't work after I did it, but then after a reboot it did. > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu Number of Seti Units Returned: 17,317 Processing time: 31 years, 210 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes (Total Hours: 276,610) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 -- QDPGP 2.61c Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBQwAP2izGQcr/2AKZEQIERACg56rPwJM0y/oCuoXfewpn0e9hXGcAn3Dr ZkpXYRbsXNn2uFDaPQ/yhNJP =Qoi/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
