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RPiAwesomeness
Asked: 2013-09-02 14:09:07 +0800 CST

403 Forbidden clean apache2 install

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I recently reinstalled Ubuntu and then installed the lamp-server bundle via tasksel and the installation went fine.

I had backed up the files from the /var/www/ folder and planned to just place them back once the server was back online (or in my case, accesible from my computer only - it's a test server.)

The installation completed and so I tried to copy the files over from the backup directory. This went fine.

However, when I try to access the server via localhost from Firefox I get a 403 Forbidden error, which I never had before. HELP!!

EDIT: 9/2/2013 Added info about file happenings

So, I followed what @Andrew said, but I still can't access any .html files. Strangely enough, I can access the .php files (nothing displayed of course, as they only display the info pulled from a previously completed form.) But no html access, just the

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /index.html on this server.

page

server

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Well, found the answer to my problem, albeit trying to help another user with a similar problem!

    This question https://askubuntu.com/questions/343172/add-apache2-vhost-at-home gave a link that gave me a solution! I just had to run sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www and now I can access it fine! Thanks for the help @Andrew, but I got this one myself!

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  2. First, add your user to the www-data group.

    sudo adduser [ your username ] www-data

    Then, set ownership of /var/www/ to the www-data group.

    sudo chown [ your username ]:www-data /var/www

    Finally, set permissions for the /var/www/ directory.

    sudo chmod 777 /var/www

    sudo chmod g+s /var/www

    Hope this helps.

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