Forbidden Answers, Apache Servitude

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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Why do I get a "Forbidden" message whenever I try to access a particular directory? : This message is generally caused because either : The underlying file system permissions do not allow the User/Group under which Apache is running to access the necessary files; or : The Apache configuration has some access restrictions in place which forbid access to the files. : You can determine which case applies to your situation by checking the error log. : In the case where file system permission are at fault, remember that not only must the directory and files in question be readable, but also all parent directories must be at least searchable by the web server in order for the content to be accessible. : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Why do I get a "Forbidden/You don't have permission to access / on this server" message whenever I try to access my server? : Search your conf/httpd.conf file for this exact string: <Files ~>. If you find it, that's your problem -- that particular <Files> container is malformed. Delete it or replace it with <Files ~ "^\.ht"> and restart your server and things should work as expected. : This error appears to be caused by a problem with the version of linuxconf distributed with Redhat 6.x. It may reappear if you use linuxconf again. : If you don't find this string, check out the previous question.

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