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

[Daniel Linder]

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Michael Peterson said:
> Has anyone figured out the fix to be able to allow browsers to view pages
> in user directories with CentOS 4.x?
>
> I get this response.
> Forbidden
> You don't have permission to access /~<username>/ on this server.

Check to make sure it isn't a permissions problem.  Make sure the users
Apache is running under has the ability to change into and read your
~/public_html directory and files.

Here are the steps that I have taken that should work:
1: Make the users home directory "world execute":
  chmod o+x /home/user1
2: Make the public_html directory (and sub-directories) "world execute":
  chmod o+x -R /home/user1/public_html
3: Make the files in /home/user1/public_html "world readable":
  chmod o+r /home/user1/public_html/*

Those steps worked with my Apache setup on an old RH 9.0 server.

Dan

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