First guess: /home/heri isn't globally readable (and, in particular, isn't readable by the user that Apache is running under). This is the default setup for a large number of *nix systems.
"Manu Kits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Here is the snippet of my HTTPD.CONF file: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs" > > <Directory /> > Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes > AllowOverride None > </Directory> > > <Directory /home/hari> > Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > > > <Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs"> > Options +FollowSymLinks MultiViews > AllowOverride All > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > > UserDir public_html > > <Directory /home/*/public_html> > AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit > Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes > <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND> > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Limit> > <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND> > Order deny,allow > Deny from all > </LimitExcept> > </Directory> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > > I have a UNIX SYSTEM USER 'hari' whose HOME dir is /home/hari. > I have also CREATED SYMBOLIC LINK of /home/hari in > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/hari > > What I need is that when I type www.hostname.com/hari/index.html, it should > DISPLAY page from /home/hari/public_html/index.html > > > When I do this I get following message: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- > Forbidden > You don't have permission to access /hari/index.html on this server. > > Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an > ErrorDocument to handle the request. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- > > My ERROR_LOG file shows following: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- > [Wed Mar 5 14:38:33 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: pthread (Default: pthread) > [Wed Mar 5 14:38:42 2003] [error] Symbolic link not allowed: > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/hari/ > [Wed Mar 5 14:38:42 2003] [error] File does not exist: > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/error_doc.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- > > I tried adding Alias /hari /home/hari/public_html but still NOT working!!!! > > Later I tried following (ls command for file, and sym link) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- > root#ls -ld /home/hari/public_html /home/hari > /usr/local/apache2003/htdocs/hari > drwxr-xr-x 4 hari staff 512 Aug 20 2002 /home/hari > drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 512 Mar 05 11:50 > /home/hari/public_html > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 25 Mar 05 13:34 > /usr/local/apache2003/htdocs/hari -> /home/hari/public_html > root# > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- > > As seen above, home/hari is (home) directory owned by user 'hari' and group > 'staff'. I guess that could be one of the reasone it is NOT working...but I > cannot change the owner of directory /home/kithany to ROOT becos it is owned > by USER hari. > > Any information on this is appreciated. > > > Any suggestions is welcome. > > THANKS! > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
