[ale] Apache driving me nuts

[Gary S. Mackay]

Hi Glenn,
	I haven't followed the whole thread, so forgive me if you've tried this
already. I fought the same problem once and finally found this in the
httpd.conf file. Make sure this section looks like this:

<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</Files>

Notice the "^\.ht" portion. That is what makes the difference. I'm not an
apache expert so I don't know exactly yet what it does/doesn't do, but I know
that is what gave me the 403 errors on my box.

- Gary

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"Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
> > First check to see what user the apache process "httpd" is running as.
> 
> nobody
> 
> > If the directories it is serving are readable by that user then the
> > ownerships are okay.  Check to see if the directories have execute
> > permissions for that user in the served directory structure.
> 
> owner=root, group=root, privs=drwxr-xr-x on dirs, -rw-r--r-- on other
> files.  Now, the question that leaves me with is this:  It should be
> readable to anybody, but is nobody anybody?
> 
> > You should
> > look into running the httpd as nobody or a lesser user than root.  I
> > know you should read up on .htaccess files since that could block the
> > access, but, as far as I can remember, those should provide a password
> > prompt, correct?  The authorization failed is a 401 response not 403.
> > Can you telnet to the http server?
> 
> Yes, of course.  If I couldn't, then my browser couldn't get there to get
> a 403 error out of it.  I did try it for kicks and giggles, though, and I
> get the same response (unrendered, of course) when I enter /.
> 
> > That will tell you if it is running.
> 
> Yes, it is running.
> 
> > Can't help much more right now,
> > I've got to get back to work.  Please post whatever you find.
> 
> Many thanks.
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