Apache ~user problem

neolution · 2003-12-14 18:46:41

I've been expanding my server to offer hosting space to friends and family, i've decided to make use of apache's userdir feature, my settings are shown below.

they are pretty close to the default settings, however whenever i attempt to acess files via the ~user request i get:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /~user on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I know perfectly well that the files i'm trying to access are there. Also I have

chmod -R 701

for the directories in question

UserDir html
UserDir disabled 
UserDir enabled user1 user2 ...

<Directory /home/*/html>
    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
    Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
    <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Limit>
    <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
    </LimitExcept>
</Directory>

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andy · 2003-12-14 21:05:13

neolution wrote:

Also I have
chmod -R 701
for the directories in question

For the whole tree ? I.e. starting from / ? Of course, don't do chmod -R 701 / :-) but only selectively.

Also, check the log files. Especially httpd-error.log (I think it is in /var/log in AL by default).

Gyroplast · 2003-12-14 21:51:33

You might want to add a slash at the end of the URL, otherwise Apache might not recognize the directory you are referring to as one, and looks for a file with that name instead.

neolution · 2003-12-14 22:40:46

no i've only used chmod -R 701 on the html folders for each user

and in response to gyroplast adding the slash has no effect

Gyroplast · 2003-12-14 22:47:35

Are the user directories accessible by the user/group Apache is running as? wwwrun, IIRC?
If not, try setting a userdir to 755 for a change. If it works then, you obviously have a permission problem and should chgrp the userdir to the group Apache is using, and use 0751 or 0750 (whatever makes more sense in your case) instead as the permission settings, thus actually allowing the server process to read and traverse this directory.

neolution · 2003-12-14 23:41:43

# ps aux | grep httpd
root       383  0.0  3.9 11652 5032 ?        S    Dec10   0:12 httpd -k start
nobody    3324  0.0  3.5 11728 4420 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3325  0.0  3.4 11728 4412 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3326  0.0  3.4 11728 4412 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3327  0.0  3.5 11728 4444 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3328  0.0  3.5 11728 4448 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3329  0.0  3.4 11728 4408 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3330  0.0  3.4 11728 4408 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3331  0.0  3.4 11728 4408 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3332  0.0  3.6 11752 4580 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start
nobody    3333  0.0  3.5 11728 4420 ?        S    12:47   0:00 httpd -k start

i'm assuming thats what u mean, so if its running as nobody i don't see what the problem could be

neolution · 2003-12-14 23:46:23

upon extensive googling i've gotten it to work

apache also takes into account the user's home directory's permisions, by giving execute permission to these the problem has been abated for now

andy · 2003-12-15 09:54:50

That's what I wanted to tell you - I guess I was not clear enough ... oh well ....

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#1 2003-12-14 18:46:41

Apache ~user problem

#2 2003-12-14 21:05:13

Re: Apache ~user problem

#3 2003-12-14 21:51:33

Re: Apache ~user problem

#4 2003-12-14 22:40:46

Re: Apache ~user problem

#5 2003-12-14 22:47:35

Re: Apache ~user problem

#6 2003-12-14 23:41:43

Re: Apache ~user problem

#7 2003-12-14 23:46:23

Re: Apache ~user problem

#8 2003-12-15 09:54:50

Re: Apache ~user problem

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