[olug] Apache problems between CentOS 3.x and 4.x

[Mario Steele]

Michael Peterson wrote:

>Has anyone figured out the fix to be able to allow browsers to view pages in
>user directories with CentOS 4.x?
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>I get this response.
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>Forbidden
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>You don't have permission to access /~<username>/ on this server.
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>Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an
>ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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>I have the permissions on the username in /home and the public_html set
>properly.
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>I have searched the apache documentation online.
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>I have compared the httpd.conf files between 3.x and 4.x.
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>I can change the 403 message sent by apache but cannot get it to show files
>in a user directory even by entering a specific file name such as
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>http://<ip>/~<user>/index.html
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>The apache releases that work are 2.0.48 and 2.0.46.
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>The apache release that has the issue is 2.0.52.
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>Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm running Apache 2.0.52, but this is often a point that is overlooked. 
(I've done it myself many diffrent times) Take a look at your 
httpd.conf, and check this section:

<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 disable

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

</IfModule>

Make sure you Comment out UserDir disable. You may want to sift through 
your httpd configuration files, since most distros have gone into a 
favor for multiple files, instead of a single file. This may very well 
explain the problem. If anywhere UserDir disable is declared, it will 
disable user directories for HTTP All together, even if you declare 
UserDir public_html (Or whatever you choose) before the disable.

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