Subject: Re: Permissions for public_html folder?
From: Stew Benedict (stewb@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 10:03:43 MST
That sounds right. Now rename your desired page to index.html or whatever
is defined in httpd.conf.
Stew Benedict
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Reid Anderson wrote:
>
>
> OK, I did exactly as you said, and now when I try to access through a
> browser, I simply get a listing of files and folders in that directory. Any
> hints?
>
>
> on 3/7/00 7:57 AM, Dennis Murphy at dmurphy@leguin.montclair.edu wrote:
>
> > You need to set x (execute) permissions for both your home directory and
> > public_html directory. All html & graphic files, etc. need read permissions
> > (644 should do).
> >
> > i.e.
> >
> > chmod 755 ~resander ~resander/public_html
> > chmod 644 ~resander/public_html/*htm*
> >
> > ---
> > Dennis Murphy
> > Montclair State University
> > College of Science & Mathematics
> > SCInet Support & Development Group
> > dmurphy@leguin.montclair.edu
> > (973)655-5414
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Reid Anderson wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I am trying to set up a public_html folder on the Linux server here at
> >> Hamilton, and I have the folder set up, and have all the files there, and
> >> have done the following lines:
> >>
> >> chmod go+r public_html
> >> chmod go+r ~resander
> >> chmod go+r public_html/default.html
> >>
> >> These all go OK, but then when I try to access the site through Netscape (or
> >> any browser for that matter) I get:
> >>
> >> Forbidden
> >> You don't have permission to access /~resander/ on this server.
> >> Apache/1.3.11 Server at www.cs.hamilton.edu Port 80
> >>
> >>
> >> I would simply consult my linux reference text, but I lent it to a friend
> >> for a cs assignment! This isn't urgent or anything, but I would like to
> >> figure this out. This is only a mirror of our site http://g4.hamilton.edu/
> >> which is running on my Mac G4 500 with OS 9. It's fast, really fast! I
> >> turned the G3/300 into a Linux box, but only temporarily until my sister
> >> decides to stake claim to it. I would like to also have this site running
> >> up on that server! That makes one copy on my G4, one on the CS server, one
> >> on the G3, and one on the students web server. That's 4 copies of the same
> >> site running and if you look at the site, it's not at all necessary, but we
> >> did it just for kicks! Check it out and please feel free to give feedback!
> >> It's only in it's very beginnings, but all the framework and some of the
> >> data is there.
> >>
> >> http://g4.hamilton.edu/
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Reid
> >>
>
>
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