can't access ~user/public_html 1

[vasah20]

Hello -
I've just compiled and installed Apache 1.3.20 from the tarball, and I can't access

http://localhost/~user/.

I get a permission denied error.

I've searched around a bit, and I've already done this:
chmod 755 ~/public_html
chmod 644 ~/public_html/*

and my httpd.conf file has the following:
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir public_html
UserDir disabled root
</IfModule>

and also the line:
AddModule mod_userdir.c

above it.

What am I missing? I thought I needed to add something from libexec, but all I see there is the libperl.so file.

TIA
leo
leo

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Leo Mendoza
lmendoza@students.depaul.edu

 

[feeble]

you must also chmod 711 ~username. here:

The path to the end user account 'public_html' directory must be accessible to the webserver userid. This usually means that ~userid must have permissions of 711, ~userid/public_html must have permissions of 755, and documents contained therein must be world-readable. Otherwise, the client will only receive a &quot;403 Forbidden&quot; message.