Apache configuration

ActiveX

Hi.

I've installed apache with php under Ubuntu 10.10. I need to change the DocumentRoot to a directory other than /var/www/ which is the default, but I get "Forbidden" message.

With /var/www/ everything is ok, I can also copy web directories to it and execute php codes, but it doesn't work at all for the other address, say /media/drive2/.

I even set permissions for /media/drive2/htdocs/ and all of it's children to 777(!) but I still get the same "forbidden" error.

Please help!

Thanks

mfillpot

Are you still trying to get apache to read and use your windows based ntfs partition?

ActiveX

No!
the /media/drive2/ is an EXT4 drive, I can see permissions assigned to my htdocs directory.
I also use terminal for more assurance.

mfillpot

I was able to clone the contents of /var/www into a new directory /http/www and get it to work with minimal issues, the only issue was when I forgot the httdocs portion of the DocumentRoot option which value the same error message you are experiencing.

Below if the old and new working value of the DocuementRoot option:

#DocumentRoot "/srv/httpd/htdocs"
  DocumentRoot "/http/www/htdocs"

In addition I had to change the Directory option a few lines below, shown below are the old and new values for that option:

# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
 #
 #<Directory "/srv/httpd/htdocs">
 <Directory "/http/www/htdocs">

Have you confirmed the that paths above are pointing to the correct locations? In addition can you post the ls -la output from you new www directory and htdocs directories here?