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taylor
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Thu 04 Jan '07 1:10 Post subject: 403 Forbidden |
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I'm getting a 403 error from a directory I have set up as an alias in Apache. Strange thing is it was working yesterday. I don't remember what I changed. How do I trouble shoot this?
*note: I am very much a beginner. |
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tdonovan
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005
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Location: Milford, MA, USA
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| Posted: Thu 04 Jan '07 3:24 Post subject: |
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A couple of things to check:Can the account that Apache is running in access the files in the directory you Alias'd to?
Is there anything in the logs/error.log (Unix/Linux) or logs\error.log (Windows) which sheds any light on the access problem?
Is the directory you Alias'd to a local directory on your computer? (vs. on a remote computer)
While succinct questions are appreciated - your's may be a little too brief to let us guess about your problem.
It helps if you say which version of Apache you are running on which operating system.
A little more detail about your Alias directive and any associated <Directory> section in your httpd.conf file would be helpful too
- but please don't post your entire httpd.conf file.
See Forum Rules for some advice about how much detail to include with your question.
-tom- |
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taylor
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu 04 Jan '07 5:41 Post subject: |
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Thanks, Tom.
I Alias'd to the htdocs (local directory) in the Apache 2.2 folder, and I can access that directory just fine.
The error log says, "client denied by server configuration: C:/DIRECTORY/", but I'm not sure what to make of that.
I've tried all kinds of permutations of OPTIONS and such in the <Directory> section.
Also, I'm running Windows. |
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taylor
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu 04 Jan '07 6:39 Post subject: |
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Nevermind. I have solved the problem. Something was pointing to C:/php5 when it should have been pointing to C:/php in my php.ini file.
Thanks anyway. |
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tdonovan
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005
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Location: Milford, MA, USA
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Perhaps it is the Allow/Deny directives. These control which IP addresses can to access a directory.
The default httpd.conf sets directory "/" to Deny from all, so you must explicitly grant access to any directory you want Apache to make available.
Most likely there already is a <Directory> somewhere in httpd.conf which grants access to htdocs, so that's why it doesn't cause any 403 errors.
You could try adding this to your httpd.conf: | Code: | <Directory "C:/DIRECTORY">
Options Indexes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
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Note that forward-slashes are used in the directory name (even though it is Windows), and there is no trailing slash.
Hope this helps...
-tom-
Edit: I guess our posts collided! Glad you got it running. I didn't know PHP could cause a "client denied by server configuration" error. |
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