[KLUG Members] Apache Forbidden error accessing a directory

[Patrick Mc Govern]

Thanks, I added an index.html file and it works.   
Thanks,
Pat

> Make sure you have a index.html file in your HP directory, or change the
> DirectoryIndex directive in your httpd.conf to what ever your index page
> is. ie index.php
>
> Should do the trick.
>
> Todd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org
> [mailto:members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org]On Behalf Of Patrick Mc Govern
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:47 AM
> To: Members@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: [KLUG Members] Apache Forbidden error accessing a directory
>
>
> I am running Mandrake 8.2 on my home PC.  I have several php applications
> like xoops and phpbb in my document root (/var/www/html) that I can access
> just fine with a browser.
>
> The problem is that I created a directory named "HP" and I get the
> following error when I open this directory from a browser
> (http://localhost/HP):
>
> Forbidden You don't have permission to access /HP/ on this server.
>
> It has the unix directory permissions set to 755, just like the other
> directories.  I tried an .htaccess file within the HP directory but I get a
> configuration error, probably due to incorrect syntax.
>
> I have not seen this issue on previous versions of Mandrake.  What's the
> best
> way to fix this access problem?
>
>
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