Article:		Location, Location, Location: Tips for Storing Web Site Files
Subject:		Forbidden 403 Error on Virtual Hosts?
Date:		2003-05-18 23:39:54
From:		anonymous2
I have been through the directions 3 times and can't figure what I messed up. I have three separate virtual domains setup in both etc/hosts and httpd.conf. All provide the same error message. Do I need to add "Allow from all" to the master <Directory> section? This already appears under the root document directory and in "Include /private/etc/httpd/users" which is the last line of httpd.conf Suggestions please.

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• Forbidden 403 Error on Virtual Hosts?
  2003-05-19 14:20:17  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Check and make sure every directory from / down to the directory your serving files from has execute permission set for all users. You need to make sure that *every* directory in the path has this set. The lack of this can produce a 403 error.

• Same problem with me!
  2003-05-19 09:41:40  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  I have a 403 Error, too. I did it exactly like the tutorial sais, so I would be glad if someone could help...
  
  Thank you.
• Try this...
  2003-05-19 14:00:48  icalshare [View]
  
  
  Hmmm... not sure what's causing that.
  
  It may help to look at the complete Apache config file I used for this article. (This conf comes straight from my main dev machine -- and it's working fine.)
  
  http://iCalShare.com/sample.conf
  
  Best,
  Patrick
• Try this...
  2003-05-19 16:43:46  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Okay. One thing was different and that was the document root. Mine still said "/Library/WebServer/Douments" while yours was set to "/Users/patrick/Sites"
  
  I changes this accordingly and followed the permission advice of the other poster. Now my error is a simple File Not Found.
  
  I am attempting to set the document root for the Virtual hosts outside of the root. Do I need to set an alias somewhere or mess with NetInfo?
• Try this...
  2003-05-19 17:12:43  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Update - couldn't edit previous without joining ;)
  
  Typos in Virtualhost names. Only exception was directory with "-" was not accepted. When that was removed from hostname all three sites work! Yeah!
  
  Thanks for the help everyone.
• Re: Try this...
  2003-05-19 17:06:34  icalshare [View]
  
  
  There's no problem with setting the document root for a VirtualHost outside of your default web root. (That's sort of the point of Option 3.)
  
  That said, if you're getting a 404 error, it's probably a different issue.
  
  Best,
  Patrick