REDHAT LINUX Forbidden... Help!!

huntersj78 · #1 9th February 2010, 02:14 AM

Hey everyone. I am new and have no idea what I am doing operating a server.
Our programmer got a new job and I am the one who has to take it over. Everything was fine til yesterday.
You see I made a control panel to easier update the site www(dot)discoverysound(dot)com

but yesterday when I went to update the site I got an error called fopen. I thought I fixed it (and boy did I ever) but now I cannot get to my site because it says Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Apache/2.0.47 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.47 OpenSSL/0.9.7a DAV/2 PHP/4.3.3RC4-dev Server at www(dot)discoverysound(dot)comPort 80

I am losing mad money by my site not being up and just wanted to know if it is something I can fix before I go looking for a programmer. If someone could be kind enough to walk me through this I would pay for the assistance.

***bob*** · #2 9th February 2010, 02:20 AM

And, what have the Red Hat support people (who you're paying for their expertise) told you?

huntersj78 · #3 9th February 2010, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob

And, what have the Red Hat support people (who you're paying for their expertise) told you?

I am still a noob on the server side of things. I have my own redhat linux that I use to run my site, but yesterday after the fopen error all hell broke loose. When I restart the server, nothing changes. I still get forbidden when I try to go the the website.

Thus I am asking for help here. I just hope someone can help.

***Firewing1*** · #4 9th February 2010, 02:24 AM

Try visiting your website and then check the contents of your /var/log/httpd/error_log file:

Code:

su -
tail /var/log/httpd/error_log

That should point you in the right direction. If you have SELinux enabled, you will also want to check /var/log/audit/audit.log for any AVC denial messages. Run this to see SELinux's status:

Code:

sestatus

If it is enabled, check for AVCs:

Code:

tail /var/log/audit/audit.log | grep AVC

scott32746 · #5 9th February 2010, 02:24 AM

Hello,

Did you make backup of the files you touched first ? if so replace the bad ones.
From the error you made have changed a path
To better help, what ( in detail ) was the changes made ?

check /var/log/httpd error_log access_log

***bob*** · #6 9th February 2010, 02:28 AM

Well.... before Dan pulls the trigger, I'm moving this over to Servers.

***Dan*** · #7 9th February 2010, 02:39 AM

Meh. I put the Colt away. He seems legit enough for now.

huntersj78 · #8 9th February 2010, 02:50 AM

I just have no idea what you said.. I put that extension at the end of my URL and still get the same deal. I cannot even access the root from within FTP because it says I am denied.

I am sorry I am not very helpful in receiving help. I know you all must think I am a complete moron, but hopefully I will be able to learn a few things this year so I dont have this problem again.

Someone said change the permissions, but they are always set to 644 and I have never had a problem with that. I am actually on the server now and trying to figure out what to do next.

scott32746 · #9 9th February 2010, 02:55 AM

try to access you website. Then do
# tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log
post output

huntersj78 · #10 9th February 2010, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott32746

try to access you website. Then do
# tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log
post output

Again sorry I am slow. access the website on the browser? Server? where do I type that code..after root@localhost?

scott32746 · #11 9th February 2010, 03:03 AM

from browser try to access website
As root
# tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log

huntersj78 · #12 9th February 2010, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott32746

from browser try to access website
As root
# tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log

http://www.discoverysound.com/index.html/#tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log

scott32746 · #13 9th February 2010, 03:12 AM

I did the the browser part

just logon the server from the command line type

You are going to need to be super user / su -
tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log

huntersj78 · #14 9th February 2010, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott32746

I did the the browser part

just logon the server from the command line type

You are going to need to be super user / su -
tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log

I am logged on to the server as an administrator. I tried to type what you said and this is what I got:::

permission denied...

scott32746 · #15 9th February 2010, 03:21 AM

then you must not be root

did you get on the server with an ID then do something like

su -
or
sudo su -