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What permissions does Apache need my directories set to?
VirtualHostX told me that the directory I chose might not have the correct permissions set. What does this mean?
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Inappropriate?For me, it meant that the directory's permissions were set to 700 (read/write/execute for me and none for group and everyone else). I changed the permissions to 755 and the error went away.
I assume Apache can't serve a directory for which it doesn't have both read and execute permission. -
Inappropriate?That's right. Apache requires that the directory (and its parent directories) be (world) readable and executable. The latest version of VirtualHostX checks for this and alerts you if it finds a problem.
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Inappropriate?I had this problem because my workspace path was a child of my 'Documents' directory.
Documents has the permissions for 'everyone' set to 'no access' by default.
I changed it to 'read only' and it seems to be working now! Hope this helps someone, took me about three hours to figure out!
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Inappropriate?I have a directory in my Sites folder which I want to use as a Virtual Host.
I tried making it "Read & Write" for "everyone" and used "apply to enclosed items" but I still get a 403.
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Inappropriate?I'm seeing this error via VirtualHostX, however Apache serves things up just fine (In my ~/Documents/website1 folder).
Maybe you can add a button to this error message "Fix permissions" so I can let VirtualHostX take care of it?1 Comment
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Getting the same error within VHX, but everything is working just fine too -
Inappropriate?Hi,
The above error appears on every virtual host I create, not matter what I do with the permissions. Any idea what the problem is?
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Inappropriate?It's not so much an error as it is a warning that things *might* not be setup correctly. But if things are working for you as is, feel free to ignore it :)
