[ale] Apache driving me nuts

[Dow Hurst]

First check to see what user the apache process "httpd" is running as. 
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.  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?

telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80

That will tell you if it is running.  Can't help much more right now,
I've got to get back to work.  Please post whatever you find.
Dow

Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> I had to change the owner to root(html directory and files in the directory)
> in order to get it to work.  Do you have a rule in your firewall blocking
> access to port 80?  Just some thought to throw around.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn C. Lasher Jr. [mailto:critter at wizvax.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 9:59 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] Apache driving me nuts
> 
> Running:
>         Apache 1.3.12
>         RedHat 6.2
> On:
>         Firewall box (hostname is killer)
> HW:
>         K5/166
>         64MB RAM
>         Adaptec 2890 SCSI adapter
>         Quantum (yeah, I know) Fireball 1280
>         2X Kingston KNE110TX Ethernet cards
>         VGA mono video card to B&W LCD (console mode only)
> Try:
>         From any host, incl. killer: lynx http://killer/
> Get:
>         403 Forbidden
> Tried:
>         ensuring /home/httpd/html/* are chmod'ed to ugo+r
>         messing with Linuxconf
>         messing with /etc/httpd/conf/*
> 
> Why?
> 
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> There seems to be no limit to how long Verizon can hold up delivery of
> a competitor's DSL.
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