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cvs commit: httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/misc FAQ-E.html
coar 00/08/21 10:52:07

Modified: htdocs/manual/misc FAQ-E.html
Log:
Some Linux vendor appears to be distributing Apache with a
bogus httpd.conf file.. I can't see any other reason for this
to be common to so many problems.

Revision Changes Path
1.7 +28 -1 httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/misc/FAQ-E.html

Index: FAQ-E.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/misc/FAQ-E.html,v
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diff -u -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- FAQ-E.html 2000/08/03 11:10:36 1.6
+++ FAQ-E.html 2000/08/21 17:52:06 1.7
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->
<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions</H1>
<P>
- $Revision: 1.6 $ ($Date: 2000/08/03 11:10:36 $)
+ $Revision: 1.7 $ ($Date: 2000/08/21 17:52:06 $)
</P>
<P>
The latest version of this FAQ is always available from the main
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
<LI><A HREF="#forbidden">Why do I get a
&quot;<SAMP>Forbidden</SAMP>&quot; message whenever I try to
access a particular directory?</A>
+ <li><a href="#malfiles">Why do I get a
+ &quot;<samp>Forbidden/You don't have permission to access /
+ on this server</samp>&quot; message whenever I try to
+ access my server?</a></li>
<LI><A HREF="#ie-ignores-mime">Why do my files appear correctly in
Internet Explorer, but show up as source or trigger a save
window with Netscape?</A>
@@ -589,6 +593,29 @@
</P>
<HR>
</LI>
+ <li><a name="malfiles"><b>Why do I get a
+ &quot;<samp>Forbidden/You don't have permission to access /
+ on this server</samp>&quot; message whenever I try to
+ access my server?</b></a>
+ <p>
+ Search your <code>conf/httpd.conf</code> file for this exact
+ string (not including the quotation marks):
+ <code>&quot;&lt;Files ~&gt;&quot;</code>. If you find it,
+ that's your problem -- that particular &lt;Files&gt; container
+ is malformed. Delete it or comment it out and restart your server
+ and things should work as expected.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This problem appears to be caused by an error in a repackaged
+ version of Apache distributed by some vendor or other; we haven't
+ determined the details yet.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If you don't find this string, check out the
+ <a href="#forbidden">previous question</a>.
+ </p>
+ <hr>
+ </li>
<LI><A NAME="ie-ignores-mime">
<STRONG>Why do my files appear correctly in Internet
Explorer, but show up as source or trigger a save window
Re: cvs commit: httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/misc FAQ-E.html [ In reply to ]
On 21 Aug 2000 coar@locus.apache.org wrote:

> coar 00/08/21 10:52:07
>
> Modified: htdocs/manual/misc FAQ-E.html
> Log:
> Some Linux vendor appears to be distributing Apache with a
> bogus httpd.conf file.. I can't see any other reason for this
> to be common to so many problems.
>

From the reports that I have seen, this seems to be caused by a faulty
installation of Linuxconf in Redhat 6.x mangling the config files. You
might want to note this, since if they try to use linuxconf again,
they will wind up with the same problem.

There are a bunch of entries in Redhat's bug database about it, with no
solution presented (other than not using linuxconf).

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