Thread: Apache server hell - help!

whan you created the /mysite dir, did you chmod/chown the folder to allow access to apache, etc?
i.e.

Code:

chmod 755 /mysite

etc..

I thought I did. Just tried it again and no luck.

Error log:

Code:

[Sun Nov 15 01:05:28 2009] [error] [client 192.168.1.5] (13)Permission denied: access to / denied
[Sun Nov 15 01:05:28 2009] [error] [client 192.168.1.5] (13)Permission denied: access to /favicon.ico denied, referer: http://192.168.1.4/

can you access it from 127.0.0.1?

this is from mine:

Code:

...

Listen 80

...
Alias /alfa "/store/Car Disc"

<Directory "/store/Car Disc">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

and from ls

drwxr-xr-x 13 nobody nobody 4096 Nov 5 23:29 Car Disc

just looked at your config up there, is the caps on "Allow from all" important?

Okay! Progress!! Looking inside my 000-default file and the mysite file in the sites-enabled folder, I decided to trim down the various entries in it to just focus on my single folder. I had been hesitant to do this because I thought I might break something. But then I figured it was broken already so...

Turns out it is using the 000-default file for access. I removed the mysite file and changed the 000-default file to the following:

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        DocumentRoot /mysite
        <Directory /mysite>>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
                AllowOverride None
                Order Allow,Deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>

        ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
        # alert, emerg.
        LogLevel warn

        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined


</VirtualHost>

I can now view the default index.html file. However, when I ftp any other file (such as 'test.html') into the /mysite directory and try to view it, I get the 403 error. I ran a chown 755 /mysite on the folder but it didn't help.

Also, I tried editing the 000-default file so it pointed at a folder under user /home/bugbyte/var/www but got the 403 error.

I appear to be missing the .htaccess file. Here's the log output:

Code:

[Mon Nov 16 15:29:13 2009] [crit] [client 192.168.1.11] (13)Permission denied: /home/bugbyte/var/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
[Mon Nov 16 15:29:13 2009] [crit] [client 192.168.1.11] (13)Permission denied: /home/bugbyte/var/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable, referer: http://192.168.1.4/
[Mon Nov 16 15:29:48 2009] [crit] [client 192.168.1.11] (13)Permission denied: /home/bugbyte/var/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
[Mon Nov 16 15:29:48 2009] [crit] [client 192.168.1.11] (13)Permission denied: /home/bugbyte/var/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable, referer: http://192.168.1.4/
[Mon Nov 16 15:31:57 2009] [notice] SIGHUP received.  Attempting to restart
[Mon Nov 16 15:31:58 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4 with Suhosin-Patch configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Nov 16 15:32:01 2009] [error] [client 192.168.1.11] File does not exist: /mysite/favicon.ico, referer: http://192.168.1.4/
[Mon Nov 16 15:34:05 2009] [error] [client 192.168.1.11] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /mysite/test.html

You can see where I tried to use /home/bugbyte/var and it failed to find a .htaccess file. After doing some reading, it isn't supposed to check for a .htaccess file if you have AllowOverride set to None.

You can also see where I changed it back to /mysite and tried to access the test.html file and got file permissions denied.

So, summary is that I can now read the index.html file in /mysite by typing: http://192.168.1.4 but can't read any other files when I type: http://192.168.1.4/test.html. Getting closer, but any suggestions are again greatly appreciated!

Whenever I restart Apache I use "sudo etc/init.d/apache2 restart" and it restarts the service. You're running Ubuntu on that Sheeva plug right? And this is what you're configuring? You could always reinstall Apache, it takes 2 minutes.

Okay, success again! I reinstalled Apache2 but had the same issue. However, a little more searching and I found that chmod rather than chown was the right entry. Here's the exact entry that fixed the permissions:

chmod -R 755 /mysite

Its working right now, so I'm a little hesitant to go change it to /home/bugbyte/var/www! This is just a temporary test anyhow, so I think I'll leave well enough alone and actually accomplish something for a change.

Thanks for your help pulsarsimon and Maheriano!