[rhn-users] 403 forbidden - you don't have permission to access /home/*/public_html on this server

[Scott Becker]

I had a problem with my cgi script and turned off SELinux to get things 
to work. At this point I'm unsure the learning curve and complication is 
worth it. It's been inserted into the update stream with woefully little 
documentation.

in
/etc/selinux/config
set
SELINUX=disabled
maybe reboot, I forget

    scottb


Kelwin Wylie wrote:

>
>
>This problem may be caused by SELinux.  It is installed by default in RHEL
>4 and one
>of the daemons that is affected is httpd.  The Release Notes have a section
>on httpd
>where it says:
>
>       A file or directory which is not labeled with a context on the
>       Apache's allowable types will generate a 403 Forbidden error.
>
>...
>
> I just installed Red Hat V4.0AS on my web server this week with apache
>v2.0.52
> All my file permissions to and including the directory public_html are 755
>including   file index.html.
> My userdir is pointed to /home/*/public.html
> apachectl configtest shows no errors
> Error message is still :
> 403 forbidden - you don't have permission to access /home/*/public_html on
>this server
>
> Any ideas or suggestion ?
>
> Thank You,
> Paul J. Sielis
>
>  
>