[gentoo-user] Re: issues with apache config

[James]

It's also worth noting that I have *no* "/usr/htdocs" line in any of
my configuration file(s).

-james


On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:22, James <jtp@×××××.com> wrote:
> I'm a long-time Cherokee user that is switching to Apache due to a
> nasty Cherokee bug that I can't seem to work around.
>
> I've configured Apache many times (albeit a long time ago), and can't
> seem to figure out what's going on here.
>
> I have a simple PHP app running that lives in some directory, say
> /stuff/web/app.
>
> I then have a vhost configuration that looks like this:
>
> <Directory "/stuff/web/app">
>        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
>        AllowOverride All
>        Order allow,deny
>        Allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> The vhost looks like this:
>
> <VirtualHost app.server.com:80>
>        ServerName app.server.com
>        DocumentRoot "/stuff/web/app"
>        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/app.error
> </VirtualHost>
>
> When the server reboots, Apache refuses to serve me anything, giving
> the following error:
>
> ==> error_log <==
> [Mon Apr 04 07:17:59 2011] [error] [client 10.35.22.81] client denied
> by server configuration: /usr/htdocs
>
> ==> access_log <==
> 10.35.22.81 - - [04/Apr/2011:07:17:59 -0400] "\x16\x03\x01\x01\x98\x01" 403 273
>
> I'm well aware of the default apache configuration (defined in
> /etc/apache2/modules.d/00_default_settings.conf), and that the default
> directory directive has a "Deny from all" default.
>
> However, if I *restart* my daemon with NO configuration changes after
> seeing these errors, the page comes up beautifully. Also worth noting
> is that rebooting the server again will put Apache back into a
> "broken" state and only after restarting the daemon will things
> function correctly.
>
> Thoughts on how to fix this would be much, MUCH appreciated. I am
> running out of hair to pull out of my head. :)
>
> -james
>