On Mon, December 12, 2011 8:21 am, Joseph wrote: > On 12/12/11 02:03, Matthew Finkel wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> In /etc/hosts I have: >> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost mydomain.ca syscon5 >> 10.0.0.100 www.mydomain.ca >> >> If I comment out: #10.0.0.100 www.mydomain.ca >> I can access this domain. >> >> >> By "access", do you mean the website loads without the access >> restriction? >> >> >> >> >> in: modules.d/00_default_settings.conf >> # We configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of >> features. >> <Directory /> >> Options FollowSymLinks >> AllowOverride None >> Order deny,allow >> Deny from all >> </Directory> >> >> >> Is there a reason you're giving access to / ? > > No the above statement actually prevent access, am I correct?
Yes, you are correct. It prevents access. Configuration in the vhosts-config will add access to the required directories. > Thanks folks, SOLVED! That's good to hear. > Another lesson learned. > I went for easy way out, tar.gz /var/* directory copy it to another > machine. The "-p" option will preserve ownership and permissions. You need to add it to both compressing and extracting. > Mistake #1 > Extracted the file on the other machine as user (mistake #1) all the owner > ship of file got changed to joseph:joseph > > Mistake #2 > I use "meld" to compare the directors and copy missing files and > directories to the destination machine. Meld - does not preserve > owner-ship either. > > The reason it didn't work as .htaccess file were changed to owner ship > root:root and it should be apache:apache. > So the solution was to use "rsync -av" it preserver owner ship and > permission :-/ > > Another lessor learned! We always learn new things. -- Joost
