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Am 29.09.2012 23:59, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: |
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> On Sat, Sep 29 2012, Allan Gottlieb wrote: |
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>> On my new install USERDIR is not working. |
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>> When I try http://localhost/~gottlieb, firefox says |
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>> "you don't have permission to access /~gottlieb" |
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>> and the apache error log says |
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>> "client denied by server configuration: /local/allan/gottlieb/public_html" |
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>> The file permissions are ok since both |
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>> file:///home/gottlieb/public_html/index.html and |
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>> file:///home/gottlieb/public_html |
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>> work fine. |
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>> So I guess I screwed up the apache install, in particular USERDIR. |
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>> eix shows userdir (see below) |
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>> /etc/conf.d/apache2 has it (see below, diffs = with my working install) |
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>> I have restarted apache, shutdown the machine overnight, reinstalled |
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>> apache, but still no go. |
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>> What step did I foolishly miss? |
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>> thanks, |
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>> allan |
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> Finally! I have a filesystem mounted on /local for my local files |
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> including my home directory /local/allan/gottlieb. |
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> I put in a symlink /home -> /local/allan/gottlieb |
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> so that programs looking in /home would be happy. |
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> I had /etc/passwd say /local/allan/gottlieb since it is the real |
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> directory. |
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> apache doesn't like this. There is probably an option to let it do this |
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> since it has several options on symlinks |
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> However I simply changed /etc/passwd to say /home/gottlieb and apache |
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> is happy. |
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> allan |
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There's an option called FollowSymlinks which you can set per directory |
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to allow apache to... yeah, follow symlinks :) |
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Look for FollowSymlinks on http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html |
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