Hi, The reabable and executable bits for the directories that apache needs access to, in this case: chmod a+rx /home/user chmod a+rx /home/user/public_html Otherwise you will get the 403. Thanks Shams -- "Manuel Arostegui Ramirez" <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:200703101353.37763.manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx El Sábado, 10 de Marzo de 2007 13:48, KP escribió: > > KP wrote: > >>> KP a écrit : > >>>> Hi > >>>> > >>>> On my fedora 5 box, I want to enable personal homepage to all of my > >>>> users. Can any1 guide me please. > >>> > >>> in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, see this section: > >>> > >>> <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 don't forget to restart service httpd !! > >> > >> I did as you redirected. But still no directories created for the users > >> i creat. Do I need to creat the directories manually?? > > > > yes or you could modify etc/skel - which would only work for new users, > > not preexisting ones though > > Hey Thanx, its working now. But when I send request from my webbroser its > throws the error "403, Forbidden" ???? > > KP That's a very common problem check your /home/user/ perms and make sure the apache users o whoever you run apache with is able to read the whole PATH , not only the /home/user/public_html/ All the best. -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list