My server is acting weird

dan245 · #1 5th December 2004, 04:25 PM

I have a server setup on my Fedora core 3 box. I placed the "index.html" file in the /var/www/http/ part. Then when I went to access it through the internet i got a "forbbinen"

I really need help!

macemoneta · #2 5th December 2004, 04:57 PM

You need to change permission on the file to make it accessible to everyone:

chmod 644 /var/www/html/index.html

Also, notice the directory is normally (unless your changed it in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file) ".../html/" not ".../http/".

dan245 · #3 5th December 2004, 06:03 PM

I did that already but, it still comes up. I tried doing it through localhost and it did the same thing.

macemoneta · #4 5th December 2004, 06:13 PM

What URL are you using to access the file? It should be:

http://yourdomain.something/
or
http://yourdomain.something/index.html

Since the file is in the document root, all references are relative to the /var/www/html/ directory. Make sure the file is in that directory, not '/var/www/http'.

c0uchm0nster · #5 5th December 2004, 10:32 PM

if he had it in http it wouldnt matter, he wouldnt get a forbidden he'd get the default apache page (unless he DID reconfigure httpd.conf)

try moving/renaming the index.html that you put there and just access the webserver (so you get the apache default page) - let us know if it shows up or if you get a forbidden
if it shows up then obviously the problem is with your index.html - just make an empty html file (with

Code:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

and see if that loads, if it doesnt then give us the output of getfacl on the file (shows who owns and permissions)

Jman · #6 6th December 2004, 08:36 AM

I suspect SELinux. Have a look at the documentation or change things with System Settings > Security Level.

macemoneta · #7 6th December 2004, 03:38 PM

There is a problem with selinux and SSI includes (see bug 141963), but other than that, selinux doesn't seem to cause a problem for simple web serving (with the targeted policy set to enforcing).