Apache- 403 forbidden

Question

I have configured Apache to use the UserDir part so I can create users on

http://ip.add.re.ss/~username/ where this refers to /home/username/public_html

The problem is,when I go to the above URL, I get a 403 forbidden.

I have given the /home/username/public_html folder to be writable to check, but I cannot see why this would be forbidden.

Am i missing anything possibly in Apache or user permissions?

Thanks

Answer 1

/home/username should be "executable" by the apache process, the executable bit allows to change to that directory. /home/username/public_html and all below should be readable and executable by the apache process. It should not be writable unless there is an application specific need.

So this should do the trick:

chmod a+x /home/username
chmod -R a+rx /home/username/public_html

Try specifying full url to the file, for example: http://ip.add.re.ss/~username/mydoc.html Otherwise you willbe relying on default index. Also if you are using SELinux you may be having trouble with its restrictions, do a quick test changing it to permisive:

http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/sec-sel-enable-disable.html

Answer 2

Ok, so it looked like: chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /home/username* seemed to do the trick and it is now accessible!