On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:22:05 -0700, you wrote:
>'Lo all-
>
>I've been silent for a while, but I've got a bad problem right now.
>
>I will prompt the following list of actions by saying I am (obviously) NOT
>an apache expert ;-(
>
>A user was complaining that they couldn't get .htaccess to work. I checked
>their machine, couldn't figure out what the problem was. Tried to put in
>the AllowOverride directive into httpd.conf
Nothing wrong with that.
>(because I forgot/didn't realize
>it had to go into access.conf),
It doesn't. For Apache, all configuration files are equivalent.
>and it kept telling me "AllowOverride not
>allowd here" when I'd try to restart httpd.
That means it's in the wrong context, not in the wrong file.
>Then I tried putting lines
>similar to the following:
>
><Directory /directory-user-wanted-to-protect>
> AllowOverride All
> SomeOtherOptions
><Directory>
Yep, that's fine.
>into httpd.conf. I realize, again, this should've been going into
>access.conf. Then I just kept getting error 403's on EVERYTHING on the
>server. So, in frustration, I restored the original httpd.conf file that
>used to work, restarted httpd...and I STILL get the 403 permission denied
>errors on any file on the server!
>
>Here's the access_log lines:
>
>from-host - - [09/Apr/2001:10:39:00 -0700] "GET /sbg/notes HTTP/1.1" 403 219
>from-host - - [09/Apr/2001:10:39:26 -0700] "GET /sbg/notes HTTP/1.1" 403 219
>from-host - - [09/Apr/2001:10:41:33 -0700] "GET /sbg/notes HTTP/1.0" 403 207
>from-host - - [09/Apr/2001:10:42:47 -0700] "GET /test HTTP/1.1" 403 214
>from-host - - [09/Apr/2001:10:42:51 -0700] "GET /test HTTP/1.1" 403 214
>from-host - - [09/Apr/2001:11:05:55 -0700] "GET /test HTTP/1.1" 403 214
>
>So then I tried copying over an httpd.conf file from an older machine and
>pasting in the LoadModules lines, and still the same errors.
>
>Did putting those Directory lines in somehow break apache?
>
>It appears that apache is not longer interpreting the access.conf file? Or
>is it something else? PLEASE HELP! This is a new job and I have now just
>taken a users web server down; I'm kicking myself for messing with this in
>the first place...
See what appears in the error log, as opposed to the access log - this
should give a better indication of WHY the access is being denied.
James.
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