Re: [Fedora-directory-users] admin server dsgw 403 forbidden error

[Rich Megginson]

Scott Lacy wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  I am making some changes to dsgw.conf to point htmldir, configdir, and 
>  gwnametrans to customized html and config directories on FDS’s admin 
>  server. Everything else seems to work except for clicking on Directory 
>  Server Gateway, which gives me:
>
>  403 Forbidden error: You don't have permission to access 
>  /dsgw/bin/lang on this server.
>
>  The admin-serv error log shows:
>
>  [Thu May 08 13:10:41 2008] [error] [client a.b.c.d] client denied by 
>  server configuration: /opt/fedora-ds/dsgw, referer: 
>  http://foxtrot:5000/clients/dsgw/bin/lang?context=dsgw
>
>  [Thu May 08 13:10:41 2008] [error] [client a.b.c.d] client denied by 
>  server configuration: /opt/fedora-ds/dsgw, referer: 
>  http://foxtrot:5000/clients/dsgw/bin/lang?context=dsgw
>
>  Admserv.conf has:
>
>  <Directory "/opt/fedora-ds/clients/dsgw/bin/">
>
>  AllowOverride None
>
>  Options None
>
>  Order allow,deny
>
>  Allow from all
>
>  NESCompatEnv on
>
>  </Directory>
>
>  I’ve beat my head against the wall until it hurts. Any pointers on 
>  where to look next?
>  
I think Apache is trying to tell you that it does not allow CGI programs 
to be executed from that directory. I suggest you refer to the Apache 
documentation, especially the ScriptAlias directive and "Options +ExecCGI".
>  Thanks,
>
>  Scott
>
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>
>  Scott Lacy
>
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>
>  Mercer University
>
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