unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

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today i logged in to find i can't even cd into /var/ directory. I've checked that ownership and it's correct.

/var/www/ is inaccessible from the web browser. it says 403 forbidden.

error log shows

/var/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

Please post more details, e.g. the output of ls -ld /var /var/www. — joschi, Aug 7, 2010 at 6:27
You're superuser, you see var, but you can't cd into it? Is it mounted on a separate drive? Perhaps you have a failed disk? — medina, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:55

Jekis · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-12 19:41:04Z

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Try

chmod 501 /var

I have had the same issue with my home dir

Permission denied: /var/www/username/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

All my sites are in the /var/www/username/www So the solution was

chmod 501 /var/www/username

answered Apr 12, 2013 at 19:41

Jekis

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