User directory and 403 Forbidden error problem for apache server

[User101]

Hi,


i am writing a simple web application in php.I am using Fedora 14.I have installed apache web server and php on my machine.

i want to change the default directory,I made changes from the information i had after after searching on internet.but i was unsuccessful at my attempt.

Now i am using the default directory /var/www/html..
I copied all my website file to this location .

Now when i am starting server i am getting error in browser saying 404 Forbidden".

I am totally new so can any one help me in this.

I also tried changing permission of the folder.but didnt work.

Can anyone give step by step solution to both the problems mentioned

[qwert]

Hi,
try change DocumentRoot in your httpd.conf file to "/var/www/html" or what ever you want
then run: chmod 7777 /var/www/html
I will work!

[User101]

thanks qwert,

server is getting started.now problem is i am facing forbidden 403 error.how do i fix it.


i have changes the permission for DocumentRoot to 777.

Any help on this

[weitjong]

This looks like a SELINUX issue. Did you use "cp" or "mv" command? The "cp" command copies the files over in the /var/www/html with the correct SELINUX context, while the "mv" command does not. In any case, you may use the following command to verify the files.

$ ls -Z

And use this to fix them

# chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html

I would not suggest 777 for file permission. Unless you have specific reason, 644 for normal files is sufficient.

[User101]

No i didnt copy any files from /var/www/html folder.

But i tried to did it but it is giving error "/var/www/html ommitted"

i use chcon command .command was executed properly.

what should i do now.

[weitjong]

You have misunderstood me. I was asking how did you do this copying?

Now i am using the default directory /var/www/html..
I copied all my website file to this location .

Can you provide the output of this command.

$ cd /var/www/html
$ ls -Z

The correct SELINUX context of the file in this folder should looks something like this.

unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 index.html

[User101]

i have executed the above command i got this output

drwxrwxr-x. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 mp3
-rw-r--r--. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 music.html
-rw-rw-r--. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 music.php
-rwxrwxrwx. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 play.htm
-rw-rw-r--. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 play.php
-rwxrwxrwx. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 Roshni Se - Asoka 03.mp3
-rw-r--r--. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 test.php

but my default directory is /home/user101/public_html

the output of ls -Z on /home/user101/public_html is

-rwxr-xr-x. user101 user101 unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_user_content_t:s0 index.html
-rwxr-xr-x. user101 user101 unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_user_content_t:s0 index.php
-rwxr-xr-x. user101 user101 unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_user_content_t:s0 music.html
-rwxr-xr-x. user101 user101 unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_user_content_t:s0 test.php

[weitjong]

So, where is exactly your DocumentRoot?

[User101]

My document root is

 /home/user101/public_html

[Donald Winslow]

The document root is the directory from which you want to serve your web pages. Set that by editing /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Assuming that you intend for /var/www/html to be your document root, the file ownership and permissions and selinux contexts appear to be set reasonably (for some php functions it's necessary to use the httpd_rw_sys_content_t context and set the corresponding boolean in selinux, but mostly the httpd_sys_content_t should work). If /home/user101/public_html is your root directory, you should probably change file ownership to apache, unless httpd.conf is set up for user directories:

chown -R apache:apache /home/user101/public_html

The other thing you need to check: make sure that port 80 is open on any firewalls! You can access the firewall in your Fedora installation from the Administration menu. If you are using a wireless router, there is probably another firewall there you need to have open.

Donald

[User101]

I have checked the firewall setting, change the owner of directory ,but still same problem

Sharing my httpd.conf file in attachment. Is something wrong in it ?

i trying this from week..and still its not working ?

[weitjong]

You are not doing it correctly. Now I understand what you are trying to do. You want to have a "user dir". For that, you don't have to modify the DocumentRoot in the httpd.conf, so revert it back to "/var/www/html". Instead, what you need to do is to uncomment and comment the below the userdir section in the httpd.conf as so.

<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
#
# UserDir is disabled by default since it can confirm the presence
# of a username on the system (depending on home directory
# permissions).
#
#UserDir disabled

#
# To enable requests to /~user/ to serve the user's public_html
# directory, remove the "UserDir disabled" line above, and uncomment
# the following line instead:
#
UserDir public_html

</IfModule>

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After that, you still have to deal with SELINUX and file permission setup in order to allow "apache" to access your files.

One way to do this is:
1. set your home folder "/home/user101" permission to 711.
2. set your "public_html" folder permission to 755.
3. set your files in the "public_html" folder permission to 644.
4. chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t /home/user101.
5. chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /home/user101/public_html.

[User101]

oh thanks...i did what u said and after typing www.myapp.com in adress it gives default page.


But what i want is to store all my html and php files under /home/user101/public_html directory.

i have index.html in /home/user101/public_html but now when i am trying to access it it gives 404 error

[weitjong]

sigh. Have you tried http://localhost/~user101?

[User101]

Finally it worked...yeppie....thanks ...thank you so much...