Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problem setting up mod_alias for an external folder

2005-12-12 Thread Ken Tozier
On Dec 12, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Joshua Slive wrote: Apache processes are treated like any other user; well, in fact, a particular user: the one specified in the User/Group directives in httpd.conf. If this User/Group can access the files using ordinary filesystem permissions, then apache can

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problem setting up mod_alias for an external folder

2005-12-12 Thread Ken Tozier
On Dec 12, 2005, at 9:46 PM, Joshua Slive wrote: The Alias is entirely separate. That is what tells apache *where* to find the file. What you need is to have it setup such that, if you where to login as the User/Group specified in httpd.conf, you would be able to access the relevant files.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Problem setting up mod_alias for an external folder

2005-12-11 Thread Ken Tozier
Hi all I'm a complete Apache noob and am having no luck getting an addition to the mod_alias section of my httpd.conf file working. I found and followed a tutorial here: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/ 2003/05/16/web_files.html but it didn't work. Here's what I added to httpd.conf:

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problem setting up mod_alias for an external folder

2005-12-11 Thread Ken Tozier
On Dec 11, 2005, at 1:17 PM, Joshua Slive wrote: On 12/11/05, Ken Tozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then when I type 'localhost/images/' or '127.0.0.1/images/' into a Safari or Firefox address bar, I get: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /images/ on this server. Apache/1.3.33

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problem setting up mod_alias for an external folder

2005-12-11 Thread Ken Tozier
On Dec 11, 2005, at 1:17 PM, Joshua Slive wrote: On 12/11/05, Ken Tozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then when I type 'localhost/images/' or '127.0.0.1/images/' into a Safari or Firefox address bar, I get: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /images/ on this server. Apache/1.3.33

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problem setting up mod_alias for an external folder

2005-12-11 Thread Ken Tozier
On Dec 11, 2005, at 8:12 PM, Joshua Slive wrote: By exposing the entire hierarchy do you mean giving file-system search permissions (chmod +x)? If so, no, you can't work around this in apache. It has nothing to do with apache. It is the file-system that is denying access. If apache can't