Re: help! -- Oh! Oh! I know this one!

[John Kelly Robison <robison zusas uni-halle de>]

It worked!  I'm back in business.

Thanks!

Frank Reichenbacher wrote:

> John,
>
> Somewhere in the depths of apache.org I found a reference to the "<Files ~>"
> bug and a ho-hum reference to "certain Apache distributions", (i.e., the one
> that you and I got) that have this line in httpd.conf.
>
> Scroll through httpd.conf and find "<Files ~>", it's way down, keep going,
> there... Now just # that baby out and restart httpd. If you were like me the
> day before yesterday, you were probably fiddling with everything that you
> could think of and have now rendered your server inoperable even with this
> correction. So you may have to backtrack a bit and bring it to where it
> should have been.
>
> Good Luck!
> Frank Reichenbacher
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Kelly Robison <robison zusas uni-halle de>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: help!
>
> > Yeah, I did initially use linuxconf to configure Apache, but then later
> went into
> > the httpd.conf file and made some changes.  Everything appeared normal.  I
> > double-checked it against what is in the httpd.conf of the server that is
> > running.   With the new stuff in there that used to be in the srm and
> access files,
> > it's a bit hard to tell, but I think I got it right.
> >
> > Kelly
> >
> > Kevin Colby wrote:
> >
> > > The now infamous linuxconf bug affects the "<Files ~>" configuration.
> > > Have you used linuxconf at all to configure Apache?
> > >
> > >         - Kevin Colby
> > >           kevinc grainsystems com
> > >
> > > John Kelly Robison wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Okay, the directory /home/httpd/html has been chmoded and in
> httpd.conf, the
> > > > directory root is set to the same.
> > > >
> > > > To do the changes, I've been physically at the box, but to check to
> see if it
> > > > actually works, I've been going to a different computer and trying to
> get in.
> > > > I can ftp and telnet into the server just fine, but like I said, I get
> the
> > > > funky permission message in the browser.  To try getting into the
> server via
> > > > the browser I'm using the actually url, not localdomain.  Fortunately,
> I still
> > > > have the old server set up, which works (sort of).  At least people
> can access
> > > > the web site on that one.
> > > >
> > > > This new version of Apache that comes with RedHat 6.2 is a bit
> different than
> > > > that which came with 6.1, which I've successfully configured before.
> It
> > > > doesn't use access.conf or srm.conf.
> > > >
> > > > "Doughty, Matt" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > well the first thing you should do is verify all the settings in
> > > > > /etc/httpd/conf namely document root in httpd.conf make sure it is
> > > > > /home/httpd/html.  Otherwise, give us more details exactly what have
> > > > > you tried to do? did you just open http://localhost/ or did you
> specify
> > > > > a file? we need more details.
> > > > >
> > > > > Matt
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 11:01:03AM +0200, John Kelly Robison wrote:
> > > > > > Help!  I have my new web server set up.  I can access it via
> telnet and
> > > > > > ftp. I've done a chmod 775 *.* on everything within the
> /home/httpd/html
> > > > > > directory and I still get the following message.  What am I not
> doing?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Forbidden
> > > > > > You don't have permission to access / on this server.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Kelly
> > >
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