Error 403 on Apache server, You don't have permission to access / on this server.

[David Quigley]

On 01/31/2012 10:34, Dark Phoenix wrote:
> 99 out of 100 times this is due to the folder Apache is attempting to
> serve not having the correct user/group permissions set on it for
> Apache to access it properly.
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Alan Holt  wrote:
>
>> Hello to all,
>>
>> Ive web-server Apache:
>> [root at services share]# httpd -v
>> Server version: Apache/2.2.17 (Unix)
>>
>> on Fedora Linux:
>> [root at services share]# cat /etc/issue
>> Fedora release 14 (Laughlin)
>>
>> And I have domain example.domain.com [1] where I want to see file
>> listing in the current directory, but when I go in the browser to
>> example.domain.com [2] I get the next error:
>>
>> Forbidden
>> You dont have permission to access / on this server.
>>
>> So I dont know what is the problem =(
>> My httpd.conf:
>>
>>     Order allow,deny
>>     Allow from All
>>     AllowOverride All
>>     IndexOptions +FancyIndexing
>>     Options +Indexes Includes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
>> AuthConfig FileInfo
>>
>> My .htaccess file:
>> [root at services QaTests]# cat .htaccess
>> Options +Indexes
>>
>> My directory:
>> DRWXRWSRWT    5 ROOT APACHE  4096 JAN 26 17:15 QATESTS
>>
>> What could be a problem I dont have any idea?
>> Could somebody to help me please ?
>>
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>> Alex Berber
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>
>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://example.domain.com
> [2] http://example.domain.com
> [3] 
> http://webmail.countercultured.net/tel:%2B9%2072%2054%20285%20952%203
> [4] http://www.linuxspace.org
> [5] 
> http://webmail.countercultured.net/tel:%2B9%2072%2054%20285%20952%203
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Where is this folder that you are trying to serve? Do you have SELinux 
enabled (getenforce). If the location is non-standard did you make sure 
to set the labels properly (ls -Z directory)?

Dave