Re: Apache - 403 Forbidden with localhost

["A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com>]

You are allowing port 80 through aren't you?

On 5/9/02 1:56 PM, "David Anderson" <Dave DaveandHolly com> wrote:

> Got it. I understand why localhost wouldn't be intended to work if
> "servername moviestodvd.com:80". However, that doesn't explain why I can't
> hit the site from the outside. Any ideas? Like I said, it works fine with my
> M$/Apache rig. I'd rather run it on Linux though.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Dave Anderson
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Stevens" <rstevens vitalstream com>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Apache - 403 Forbidden with localhost
> 
> 
>> David Anderson wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I've tried both RH8 and RH9 with Apache 2.0.44 and am striking out. When
> I
>>> try 'localhost', I get an Access Forbidden to index.html error. Also, I
>>> can't hit the site from the outside either. I've successfully installed
>>> Apache on my M$ box with no issues either internal or external.
>>> 
>>> I have the Port set to listen on 80 and the servername set to
>>> moviestodvd.com:80. Being brand new to the world of Linux, what else do
> I
>>> have to set? I looked at the error log but see nothing there.
>> 
>> Well, unless moviestodvd.com resolves to 127.0.0.1 you'll get a 403.
>> 
>> Make sure you don't have the server bound to a specific IP address if
>> you want to access it via "localhost".
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