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Shara

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 18

[SOLVED] XAMPP 1.8.0 + virtual hosts = 403 access forbidden

Hello, all. I am happy migrant from ubuntu to arch, but have problem, which i can't solve myself.
I need to setup xammp for local development.

My actions

• Install last xampp from aur

• Run lampp

• Open locahost, there is "xampp welcome page"

• Open localhost/phpmyadmin and get

xampp new xampp security concept, blablabla

    Okay, add "Require all granted" in httpd-xampp.conf

<Directory "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin">
        AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
        #Order allow,deny
        #Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    phpmyadmin came back

I need virtual hosts, structure will be

/home/$USER/Sites/{site1/index.html,site2,site3 etc.}

• Uncomment include vhosts in httpd.conf

Include /Applications/XAMPP/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

• Clear httpd-vhosts.conf and put there

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/home/shara/Sites/mysite"
        ServerName mysite
        ServerAlias www.mysite
        ErrorLog "/home/shara/Sites/mysite-error_log"
        CustomLog "/home/shara/Sites/mysite-access_log" common
    </VirtualHost>

• Add new host in /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 mysite

• Set "User shara" and "Group www" in httpd.conf

<IfModule unixd_module>
User shara
# commented out by lampp compatibility check
#Group nogroup
Group www
</IfModule>

• Add group "groupadd www"

• Add user to group "usermod -aG www shara"

• Change htdocs group "chgrp -R www /opt/lampp/htdocs"

• Change sitedir group "chgrp -R www /home/shara/Sites"

• Change htdocs chmod "chmod 2775 /opt/lampp/htdocs"

• Change sitedir chmod "chmod 2775 /home/shara/Sites"

Run xampp

• Open "mysite"

Access forbidden Error 403

• Open "localhost"

Access forbidden Error 403

• Open "localhost/phpmyadmin"

Existing configuration file (./config.inc.php) is not readable.

• Oookay
      Set chmod 664 to /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

• Open "localhost/phpmyadmin"
      phpmyadmin works, but nothing else

    XAMPP 1.7 worked perfect with this config. Where is the FAIL?

Last edited by Shara (2012-09-04 12:18:48)

Shara

Member

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] XAMPP 1.8.0 + virtual hosts = 403 access forbidden

I did it.
phpmyadmin new security problem solved with set passwords with /opt/lampp/lampp security (NO require all granted in httpd-xampp.conf)
virtual hosts 403 problem solved with

New instruction:
*User name "shara" and group "www" is myown, you need to set yours

INSTALL

yaourt -S xampp

/opt/lampp/lampp security

VIRTUAL HOSTS

Uncomment including vhosts in "/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf" and set "User shara" and "Group www"

Include /Applications/XAMPP/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

<IfModule unixd_module>
User shara
# commented out by lampp compatibility check
#Group nogroup
Group www
</IfModule>

Clear "/opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf" and add

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/home/shara/Sites/mysite"
        ServerName mysite
        ErrorLog "/home/shara/Sites/mysite/mysite-error.log"
        CustomLog "/home/shara/Sites/mysite/mysite-access.log" common
    <Directory "/home/shara/Sites/mysite">
       Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Add new host in /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 mysite

Add group

groupadd www

Add user to group

usermod -aG www shara

Change htdocs group

chgrp -R www /opt/lampp/htdocs

Change sitedir group

chgrp -R www /home/shara/Sites

Change htdocs chmod

chmod 2775 /opt/lampp/htdocs

Change sitedir chmod

chmod 2775 /home/shara/Sites

Set phpmyadmin config chmod

chmod 664 /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

Run lampp

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

WIN ^_^

May i need to write archwiki manual?

Last edited by Shara (2013-02-28 17:07:22)

arcticboy

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Registered: 2013-02-14

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] XAMPP 1.8.0 + virtual hosts = 403 access forbidden

This just saved me from a lot of frustration. Thank you.

Shara

Member

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] XAMPP 1.8.0 + virtual hosts = 403 access forbidden

I got a notification by email that this post got new comment and found one mistake.
It's about "httpd-vhosts.conf". it's will be good to put log files to site directory like this:

ErrorLog "/home/shara/Sites/mysite/mysite-error.log"

And if you want - here is my small bash script made for toggling xampp and generate virtual hosts from directories with one click. Like with "denwer".

http://pastebin.com/KhNqxE7Q

Of course don't forget to change location variables!
And maybe you need (or don't need) notify-send utility, which i use for start/stop notification

If you want to start xampp without sudo password you need add permisssion in sudoers

Edit sudoers with nano text editor

sudo EDITOR=nano visudo

And add line in "User privilege specification" section
Set your username and path to script (I put it to /usr/local/sbin)

shara ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/togglexampp

You should make it like this

Okay, now you can start/stop xampp without password with command

sudo togglexampp

I-sty

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From: Romania

Registered: 2012-11-30

Posts: 60

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Re: [SOLVED] XAMPP 1.8.0 + virtual hosts = 403 access forbidden

You are my Hero Shara !!!
Thank you very much your instructions.
This is solved my problem.

Who, please add this SOLUTION to the xampp Wiki.

Have a nice day Shara.