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KdgDev
Asked: 2010-07-07 21:33:31 +0800 CST

"No permission to access" an apache server on a virtual machine

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I'm running WAMP on a Win7 virtual machine. I'm trying to access the server via my web browser, but it's not working.

Inside the VM, the IP address is shown to be 192.168.31.132

Going to http://192.168.31.132/ however, delivers a 403 Forbidden error.

I don't know what happened to cause this. I tried this right after installing the software, default settings all the way.

I turned off Windows Firewall on the VM, didn't change anything.

So I wonder, what setting in Apache is making this happen?

EDIT: things did work after I put the server online...

Question solved

apache-2.2 virtual-machines windows-7

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The problem, as Luma pointed out, are most likely the file permissions on www-data/htdocs. Try that first.

    If that fails, enable verbose logging in Apache (LogLevel debug in the config, reload/restart Apache), then trigger the error and look into the logs to see what is going wrong.

    If you 're still stuck, edit your question with this additional info, then maybe we can help.

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