Forbidden error 2

[MrCBofBCinTX]

have default entry of:
<Directory />
order deny,allow
deny from all
</directory>
I can't get rid of the forbidden error without using

<Directory /*> (or /*/ etc)
order allow,deny
allow from all
</directory>

Trying to allow the directories that are the document root fails consistently with every combination. The directories have all the correct permisisons. DirectoryIndex directives don't work, giving a forbidden error for /index.html which exists

I am using chroot and suexec, both of which seem to be working correctly

I am using /var/

http://www/var/www

to avoid recompiling apache for suexec

<Directory /var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs/users>

order allow,deny
allow from all
directoryIndex index.html welcome.html
</directory>

<Directory /var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs/users/mysite1.com>

order allow,deny
allow from all
directoryIndex index.html welcome.html
</directory>

and MANY MANY similar variations all fail to remove forbidden on these directories.

Possibly helpful:
after a restart, a test.cgi program works exactly once, then forbidden and after a wait often runs once again too.
works normally using the /* examples at the top

I can post my httpd.conf tomorrow but have looked for days at every forbidden problem and the three answers I keep finding don't work except for diasbling the default as above.
Is that the right answer, but if so why can't I control directories more specifically??

<Directory /> exactly which directory is this?
filesystem root right? (or serverroot or document root?)

 

[Wishdiak]

MrCBofBCinTX,

You don't specify which version of Apache you're running, or what OS you're using. I'll assume Apache 2.x on Linux and I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong.

First, check out this document.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/sections.html

Are you using VirtualHosts?

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSE: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[MrCBofBCinTX]

Apache 1.3 on OpenBSD 4.0
Using virtual hosts
Right now two sites
all features work if I override the default below but it just won't work correctly, I have to do it the "wrong" way.
I am also a bit concerned that forbidden Fails occasionally as I mentioned above.


From your second link:
Note that the default Apache access for <Directory /> is Allow from All. This means that Apache will serve any file mapped from an URL. It is recommended that you change this with a block such as

<Directory />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Directory>

and then override this for directories you want accessible.
I am using the above (comes by default in my installation)
I can't get my directories accessible by specifying which directories I want accessible. ONLY making everything accessible works

 

[MrCBofBCinTX]

# $OpenBSD: httpd.conf,v 1.19 2006/02/22 15:07:12 henning Exp $
#
# Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.
#
# This is the main Apache server configuration file. It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:

http://www.apache.org/docs/>

for detailed information about
# the directives.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
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# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
#
# After this file is processed, the server will look for and process
# /var/

http://www/conf/srm.conf

and then /var/

http://www/conf/access.conf

# unless you have overridden these with ResourceConfig and/or
# AccessConfig directives here.
#
# The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:
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# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "logs/foo.log"
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# server as "/usr/local/apache/logs/foo.log".
#

### Section 1: Global Environment
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# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it
# can find its configuration files.
#

#
# ServerType is either inetd, or standalone. Inetd mode is only supported on
# Unix platforms.
#
ServerType standalone

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
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#
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# mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation
# (available at <URL:

http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#lockfile>);

# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
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# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
#
ServerRoot "/var/www"

#
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#LockFile logs/accept.lock

#
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PidFile logs/httpd.pid
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#
ScoreBoardFile logs/apache_runtime_status

#
# In the standard configuration, the server will process httpd.conf,
# srm.conf, and access.conf in that order. The latter two files are
# now deprecated and not installed any more, as it is recommended that
# all directives be kept in a single file for simplicity.
#
#ResourceConfig conf/srm.conf
#AccessConfig conf/access.conf

#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
Timeout 300

#
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#
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# for most sites.
#
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10

#
# Number of servers to start initially --- should be a reasonable ballpark
# figure.
#
StartServers 5

#
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MaxClients 150

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#
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#
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#
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# ports, in addition to the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
#Listen 3000
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen *:80


#
# BindAddress: You can support virtual hosts with this option. This directive
# is used to tell the server which IP address to listen to. It can either
# contain "*", an IP address, or a fully qualified Internet domain name.
# See also the <VirtualHost> and Listen directives.
#
#BindAddress *

#
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# Note: The order is which modules are loaded is important. Don't change
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# user authentication using Berkeley DB files
# LoadModule db_auth_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_auth_db.so

# user authentication using DBM files
# LoadModule dbm_auth_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_auth_dbm.so

# authentication using new-style MD5 Digest Authentication (experimental)
# LoadModule digest_auth_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_auth_digest.so

# CERN httpd metafile semantics
# LoadModule cern_meta_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_cern_meta.so

# configuration defines ($xxx)
# LoadModule define_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_define.so

# user authentication using old-style MD5 Digest Authentication
# LoadModule digest_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_digest.so

# generation of Expires HTTP headers according to user-specified criteria
# LoadModule expires_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_expires.so

# customization of HTTP response headers
# LoadModule headers_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_headers.so

# comprehensive overview of the server configuration
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# logging of the client user agents (deprecated in favor of mod_log_config)
# LoadModule agent_log_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_log_agent.so

# logging of referers (deprecated in favor of mod_log_config)
# LoadModule referer_log_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_log_referer.so

# determining the MIME type of a file by looking at a few bytes of its contents
# LoadModule mime_magic_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_mime_magic.so

# mmap()ing of a statically configured list of frequently requested but
# not changed files (experimental)
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# LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_rewrite.so

# attempt to correct misspellings of URLs that users might have entered
# LoadModule speling_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_speling.so

# provides an environment variable with a unique identifier for each request
# LoadModule unique_id_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_unique_id.so

# uses cookies to provide for a clickstream log of user activity on a site
# LoadModule usertrack_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_usertrack.so

# dynamically configured mass virtual hosting
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# caching proxy
# LoadModule proxy_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/libproxy.so

# PHP Module
# LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/libphp4.so

# mod_perl module
LoadModule perl_module /usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_perl.so

#
# ExtendedStatus controls whether Apache will generate "full" status
# information (ExtendedStatus On) or just basic information (ExtendedStatus
# Off) when the "server-status" handler is called. The default is Off.
#
ExtendedStatus Off

### Section 2: 'Main' server configuration
#
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# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition. These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#

#
# If your ServerType directive (set earlier in the 'Global Environment'
# section) is set to "inetd", the next few directives don't have any
# effect since their settings are defined by the inetd configuration.
# Skip ahead to the ServerAdmin directive.
#

#
# Port: The port to which the standalone server listens. For
# ports < 1023, you will need httpd to be run as root initially.
#
Port 80

##
## SSL Support
##
## When we also provide SSL we have to listen to the
## standard HTTP port (see above) and to the HTTPS port
##
<IfDefine SSL>
Listen 80
Listen 443
</IfDefine>

#
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
#
# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# . On SCO (ODT 3) use "User nouser" and "Group nogroup".
# . On HPUX you may not be able to use shared memory as nobody, and the
# suggested workaround is to create a user

http://www and

use that user.
# NOTE that some kernels refuse to setgid(Group) or semctl(IPC_SET)
# when the value of (unsigned)Group is above 60000;
# don't use Group #-1 on these systems!
# On OpenBSD, use user www, group www.
#
User www
Group www

#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed. This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.
#
ServerAdmin you@your.address

#
# ServerName allows you to set a host name which is sent back to clients for
# your server if it's different than the one the program would get (i.e., use
# "www" instead of the host's real name).
#
# Note: You cannot just invent host names and hope they work. The name you
# define here must be a valid DNS name for your host. If you don't understand
# this, ask your network administrator.
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
# You will have to access it by its address (e.g.,

http://123.45.67.89/)

# anyway, and this will make redirections work in a sensible way.
#
#ServerName new.host.name

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs"

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access, can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# permissions.
#
<Directory "/">
Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Directory>



<Directory "/*/">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>


#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#

#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "/var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs">

#
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI

#
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
#
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# UserDir: The directory which is prepended onto a users username, within
# which a users's web pages are looked for if a ~user request is received.
# Relative pathes are relative to the user's home directory.
#
# "disabled" turns this feature off.
#
# Since httpd will chroot(2) to the ServerRoot path by default,
# you should use
# UserDir /var/

http://www/users

# and create per user directories in /var/

http://www/users/<username>

#

UserDir disabled

#
# Control access to UserDir directories. The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only and
# are located under /users/<username>
# You will need to change this to match your site's home directories.
#
#<Directory /users/*>
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
# Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
# <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
# </Limit>
# <Limit PUT DELETE PATCH PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# </Limit>
#</Directory>

<Directory /var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs/users/*>

AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
Options MultiViews -Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec +ExecCGI
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE PATCH PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Limit>
</Directory>
#
# DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML
# directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces.
#
#DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
DirectoryIndex index.html welcome.html

#
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for access control information.
#
AccessFileName .htaccess

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess files from being viewed by
# Web clients. Since .htaccess files often contain authorization
# information, access is disallowed for security reasons. Comment
# these lines out if you want Web visitors to see the contents of
# .htaccess files. If you change the AccessFileName directive above,
# be sure to make the corresponding changes here.
#
<Files .htaccess>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>

#
# CacheNegotiatedDocs: By default, Apache sends "Pragma: no-cache" with each
# document that was negotiated on the basis of content. This asks proxy
# servers not to cache the document. Uncommenting the following line disables
# this behavior, and proxies will be allowed to cache the documents.
#
#CacheNegotiatedDocs

#
# UseCanonicalName: (new for 1.3) With this setting turned on, whenever
# Apache needs to construct a self-referencing URL (a URL that refers back
# to the server the response is coming from) it will use ServerName and
# Port to form a "canonical" name. With this setting off, Apache will
# use the hostnameort that the client supplied, when possible. This
# also affects SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT in CGI scripts.
#
UseCanonicalName Off

#
# TypesConfig describes where the mime.types file (or equivalent) is
# to be found.
#
TypesConfig conf/mime.types

#
# DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain

#
# The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type. The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
# mod_mime_magic is not part of the default server (you have to add
# it yourself with a LoadModule [see the DSO paragraph in the 'Global
# Environment' section], or recompile the server and include mod_mime_magic
# as part of the configuration), so it's enclosed in an <IfModule> container.
# This means that the MIMEMagicFile directive will only be processed if the
# module is part of the server.
#
<IfModule mod_mime_magic.c>
MIMEMagicFile conf/magic
</IfModule>

#
# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses
# e.g.,

http://www.apache.org

(on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).
# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that
# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the
# nameserver.
#
HostnameLookups Off

#
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog logs/error_log

#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel debug

#
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
#
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

#
# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
# If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
# container, they will be logged here. Contrariwise, if you *do*
# define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
# logged therein and *not* in this file.
#
CustomLog logs/access_log common

#
# If you would like to have agent and referer logfiles, uncomment the
# following directives.
#
CustomLog logs/referer_log referer
CustomLog logs/agent_log agent

#
# If you prefer a single logfile with access, agent, and referer information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
#
CustomLog logs/access_log combined

#
# Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host
# name to server-generated pages (error documents, FTP directory listings,
# mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated documents).
# Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.
# Set to one of: On | Off | EMail
#
ServerSignature Off

#Apache only sends Apache in headers, not version no. with ServerTokens Prod --Chris
ServerTokens Prod

#
# Aliases: Add here as many aliases as you need (with no limit). The format is
# Alias fakename realname
#
# Note that if you include a trailing / on fakename then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. So "/icons" isn't aliased in this
# example, only "/icons/"..
#
Alias /icons/ "/var/

http://www/icons/"

<Directory "/var/

http://www/icons">

Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/

http://www/htdocs/manual">

Options MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the client.
# The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias directives as to
# Alias.
#
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/

http://www/cgi-bin/"

#
# "/var/

http://www/cgi-bin"

should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "/var/

http://www/cgi-bin">

AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# Redirect allows you to tell clients about documents which used to exist in
# your server's namespace, but do not anymore. This allows you to tell the
# clients where to look for the relocated document.
# Format: Redirect old-URI new-URL
#

#
# Directives controlling the display of server-generated directory listings.
#

#
# FancyIndexing is whether you want fancy directory indexing or standard
#
IndexOptions FancyIndexing

#
# AddIcon* directives tell the server which icon to show for different
# files or filename extensions. These are only displayed for
# FancyIndexed directories.
#
AddIconByEncoding (CMP,/icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip

AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/*
AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/*
AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) audio/*
AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif) video/*

AddIcon /icons/binary.gif .bin .exe
AddIcon /icons/binhex.gif .hqx
AddIcon /icons/tar.gif .tar
AddIcon /icons/world2.gif .wrl .wrl.gz .vrml .vrm .iv
AddIcon /icons/compressed.gif .Z .z .tgz .gz .zip
AddIcon /icons/a.gif .ps .ai .eps
AddIcon /icons/layout.gif .html .shtml .htm .pdf
AddIcon /icons/text.gif .txt
AddIcon /icons/c.gif .c
AddIcon /icons/p.gif .pl .py
AddIcon /icons/f.gif .for
AddIcon /icons/dvi.gif .dvi
AddIcon /icons/uuencoded.gif .uu
AddIcon /icons/script.gif .conf .sh .shar .csh .ksh .tcl
AddIcon /icons/tex.gif .tex
AddIcon /icons/bomb.gif core

AddIcon /icons/back.gif ..
AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README
AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
AddIcon /icons/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^

#
# DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an icon
# explicitly set.
#
DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.gif

#
# AddDescription allows you to place a short description after a file in
# server-generated indexes. These are only displayed for FancyIndexed
# directories.
# Format: AddDescription "description" filename
#
#AddDescription "GZIP compressed document" .gz
#AddDescription "tar archive" .tar
#AddDescription "GZIP compressed tar archive" .tgz

#
# ReadmeName is the name of the README file the server will look for by
# default, and append to directory listings.
#
# HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to
# directory indexes.
#
# The server will first look for name.html and include it if found.
# If name.html doesn't exist, the server will then look for name.txt
# and include it as plaintext if found.
#
ReadmeName README
HeaderName HEADER

#
# IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
# and not include in the listing. Shell-style wildcarding is permitted.
#
IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t

#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers (Mosaic/X 2.1+) uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
# Despite the name similarity, the following Add* directives have nothing
# to do with the FancyIndexing customization directives above.
#
AddEncoding x-compress Z
AddEncoding x-gzip gz

#
# AddLanguage allows you to specify the language of a document. You can
# then use content negotiation to give a browser a file in a language
# it can understand. Note that the suffix does not have to be the same
# as the language keyword --- those with documents in Polish (whose
# net-standard language code is pl) may wish to use "AddLanguage pl .po"
# to avoid the ambiguity with the common suffix for perl scripts.
#
AddLanguage en .en
AddLanguage fr .fr
AddLanguage de .de
AddLanguage da .da
AddLanguage el .el
AddLanguage it .it
AddLanguage es .es

#
# LanguagePriority allows you to give precedence to some languages
# in case of a tie during content negotiation.
# Just list the languages in decreasing order of preference.
#
LanguagePriority en es fr de

#
# AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to
# make certain files to be certain types.
#
# For example, the PHP module (not part of the Apache distribution)
# will typically use:
#
#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers",
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action command (see below)
#
# If you want to use server side includes, or CGI outside
# ScriptAliased directories, uncomment the following lines.
#
# To use CGI scripts:
#
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler cgi-script .pl


#
# To use server-parsed HTML files
#
AddType text/html .html
AddHandler server-parsed .html

#
# Uncomment the following line to enable Apache's send-asis HTTP file
# feature
#
#AddHandler send-as-is asis

#
# If you wish to use server-parsed imagemap files, use
#
#AddHandler imap-file map

#
# To enable type maps, you might want to use
#
#AddHandler type-map var

#
# Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever
# a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL
# pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors.
# Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location
# Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location
#

#
# MetaDir: specifies the name of the directory in which Apache can find
# meta information files. These files contain additional HTTP headers
# to include when sending the document
#
#MetaDir .web

#
# MetaSuffix: specifies the file name suffix for the file containing the
# meta information.
#
#MetaSuffix .meta

#
# Customizable error response (Apache style)
# these come in three flavors
#
# 1) plain text
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo.
# n.b. the (") marks it as text, it does not get output
#
# 2) local redirects
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
# to redirect to local URL /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl
# N.B.: You can redirect to a script or a document using server-side-includes.
#
# 3) external redirects
#ErrorDocument 402

http://some.other_server.com/subscription_info.html

# N.B.: Many of the environment variables associated with the original
# request will *not* be available to such a script.

#
# The following directives modify normal HTTP response behavior.
# The first directive disables keepalive for Netscape 2.x and browsers that
# spoof it. There are known problems with these browser implementations.
# The second directive is for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0b2
# which has a broken HTTP/1.1 implementation and does not properly
# support keepalive when it is used on 301 or 302 (redirect) responses.
#
BrowserMatch "Mozilla/2" nokeepalive
BrowserMatch "MSIE 4\.0b2;" nokeepalive downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0

#
# The following directive disables HTTP/1.1 responses to browsers which
# are in violation of the HTTP/1.0 spec by not being able to grok a
# basic 1.1 response.
#
BrowserMatch "RealPlayer 4\.0" force-response-1.0
BrowserMatch "Java/1\.0" force-response-1.0
BrowserMatch "JDK/1\.0" force-response-1.0

#
# Allow server status reports, with the URL of

http://servername/server-status

# Change the ".your_domain.com" to match your domain to enable.
#
#<Location /server-status>
# SetHandler server-status
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# Allow from 70.120.197.113
#</Location>

#
# Allow remote server configuration reports, with the URL of
#

http://servername/server-info

(requires that mod_info.c be loaded).
# Change the ".your_domain.com" to match your domain to enable.
#
#<Location /server-info>
# SetHandler server-info
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# Allow from 70.120.197.113
#</Location>

#
# There have been reports of people trying to abuse an old bug from pre-1.1
# days. This bug involved a CGI script distributed as a part of Apache.
# By uncommenting these lines you can redirect these attacks to a logging
# script on phf.apache.org. Or, you can record them yourself, using the script
# support/phf_abuse_log.cgi.
#
#<Location /cgi-bin/phf*>
# Deny from all
# ErrorDocument 403

http://phf.apache.org/phf_abuse_log.cgi

#</Location>

#
# Proxy Server directives. Uncomment the following lines to
# enable the proxy server:
#
#<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
#ProxyRequests On
#
#<Directory proxy:*>
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# Allow from .your_domain.com
#</Directory>

#
# Enable/disable the handling of HTTP/1.1 "Via:" headers.
# ("Full" adds the server version; "Block" removes all outgoing Via: headers)
# Set to one of: Off | On | Full | Block
#
#ProxyVia On

#
# To enable the cache as well, edit and uncomment the following lines:
# (no cacheing without CacheRoot)
#
#CacheRoot "/var/

http://www/proxy"

#CacheSize 5
#CacheGcInterval 4
#CacheMaxExpire 24
#CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1
#CacheDefaultExpire 1
#NoCache a_domain.com another_domain.edu joes.garage_sale.com

#</IfModule>
# End of proxy directives.

### Section 3: Virtual Hosts
#
# VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them.
# Please see the documentation at <URL:

http://www.apache.org/docs/vhosts/>

# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.

#
# If you want to use name-based virtual hosts you need to define at
# least one IP address (and port number) for them.
#
NameVirtualHost 1.2.3.47:80
NameVirtualHost 1.2.3.48:80

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
#
#<VirtualHost ip.address.of.host.some_domain.com>
# ServerAdmin webmaster@host.some_domain.com
# DocumentRoot /

http://www/docs/host.some_domain.com

# ServerName host.some_domain.com
# ErrorLog logs/host.some_domain.com-error_log
# CustomLog logs/host.some_domain.com-access_log common
#</VirtualHost>

#<VirtualHost _default_:*>
#</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost _default_:*>
</VirtualHost>

#my virtual hosts --Chris


<VirtualHost 1.2.3.47>
DocumentRoot /var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs/users/site1.com

ServerName site1.com
ServerAlias

http://www.site1.com

ErrorLog logs/site1.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/site1.com-access_log common
Options +ExecCGI
User edbenn003
Group edbenn
DirectoryIndex index.html welcome.html
<Directory /var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs/users/site1.com>

Options -FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
DirectoryIndex index.html welcome.html
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

#<Directory "/*">
# Options -FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
#</Directory>

<VirtualHost 1.2.3.48>
DocumentRoot /var/

http://www/var/www/htdocs/users/site2b.com

ServerName site2b.com
ServerAlias

http://www.site2b.com

ErrorLog logs/site2b.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/site2b.com-access_log common
Options +ExecCGI
User chris002
Group bencon
DirectoryIndex index.html welcome.html
</VirtualHost>

##
## SSL Global Context
##
## All SSL configuration in this context applies both to
## the main server and all SSL-enabled virtual hosts.
##

#
# Some MIME-types for downloading Certificates and CRLs
#
<IfDefine SSL>
AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert .crt
AddType application/x-pkcs7-crl .crl
</IfDefine>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>

# Pass Phrase Dialog:
# Configure the pass phrase gathering process.
# The filtering dialog program (`builtin' is a internal
# terminal dialog) has to provide the pass phrase on stdout.
SSLPassPhraseDialog builtin

# Inter-Process Session Cache:
# Configure the SSL Session Cache: First either `none'
# or `dbm:/path/to/file' for the mechanism to use and
# second the expiring timeout (in seconds).
SSLSessionCache dbm:logs/ssl_scache
SSLSessionCacheTimeout 300

# Semaphore:
# Configure the path to the mutual exclusion semaphore the
# SSL engine uses internally for inter-process synchronization.
SSLMutex sem

# Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG):
# Configure one or more sources to seed the PRNG of the
# SSL library. The seed data should be of good random quality.
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
#SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/random 512
#SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/urandom 512
#SSLRandomSeed connect file:/dev/random 512
#SSLRandomSeed connect file:/dev/urandom 512
SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/arandom 512

# Logging:
# The home of the dedicated SSL protocol logfile. Errors are
# additionally duplicated in the general error log file. Put
# this somewhere where it cannot be used for symlink attacks on
# a real server (i.e. somewhere where only root can write).
# Log levels are (ascending order: higher ones include lower ones):
# none, error, warn, info, trace, debug.
SSLLog logs/ssl_engine_log
SSLLogLevel info

</IfModule>

<IfDefine SSL>

##
## SSL Virtual Host Context
##

<VirtualHost _default_:443>

# General setup for the virtual host
DocumentRoot /var/

http://www/htdocs

ServerName new.host.name
ServerAdmin you@your.address
ErrorLog logs/error_log
TransferLog logs/access_log

# SSL Engine Switch:
# Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
SSLEngine on

# SSL Cipher Suite:
# List the ciphers that the client is permitted to negotiate.
# See the mod_ssl documentation for a complete list.
#SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP

# Server Certificate:
# Point SSLCertificateFile at a PEM encoded certificate. If
# the certificate is encrypted, then you will be prompted for a
# pass phrase. Note that a kill -HUP will prompt again. A test
# certificate can be generated with `make certificate' under
# built time.
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/server.crt

# Server Private Key:
# If the key is not combined with the certificate, use this
# directive to point at the key file.
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/server.key

# Certificate Authority (CA):
# Set the CA certificate verification path where to find CA
# certificates for client authentication or alternatively one
# huge file containing all of them (file must be PEM encoded)
# Note: Inside SSLCACertificatePath you need hash symlinks
# to point to the certificate files. Use the provided
# Makefile to update the hash symlinks after changes.
#SSLCACertificatePath /var/

http://www/conf/ssl.crt

#SSLCACertificateFile /var/

http://www/conf/ssl.crt/ca-bundle.crt

# Client Authentication (Type):
# Client certificate verification type and depth. Types are
# none, optional, require and optional_no_ca. Depth is a
# number which specifies how deeply to verify the certificate
# issuer chain before deciding the certificate is not valid.
#SSLVerifyClient require
#SSLVerifyDepth 10

# Access Control:
# With SSLRequire you can do per-directory access control based
# on arbitrary complex boolean expressions containing server
# variable checks and other lookup directives. The syntax is a
# mixture between C and Perl. See the mod_ssl documentation
# for more details.
#<Location />
#SSLRequire ( %{SSL_CIPHER} !~ m/^(EXP|NULL)-/ \
# and %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_O} eq "Snake Oil, Ltd." \
# and %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_OU} in {"Staff", "CA", "Dev"} \
# and %{TIME_WDAY} >= 1 and %{TIME_WDAY} <= 5 \
# and %{TIME_HOUR} >= 8 and %{TIME_HOUR} <= 20 ) \
# or %{REMOTE_ADDR} =~ m/^192\.76\.162\.[0-9]+$/
#</Location>

# SSL Engine Options:
# Set various options for the SSL engine.
# FakeBasicAuth:
# Translate the client X.509 into a Basic Authorisation. This means that
# the standard Auth/DBMAuth methods can be used for access control. The
# user name is the `one line' version of the client's X.509 certificate.
# Note that no password is obtained from the user. Every entry in the user
# file needs this password: `xxj31ZMTZzkVA'.
# ExportCertData:
# This exports two additional environment variables: SSL_CLIENT_CERT and
# SSL_SERVER_CERT. These contain the PEM-encoded certificates of the
# server (always existing) and the client (only existing when client
# authentication is used). This can be used to import the certificates
# into CGI scripts.
# CompatEnvVars:
# This exports obsolete environment variables for backward compatibility
# to Apache-SSL 1.x, mod_ssl 2.0.x, Sioux 1.0 and Stronghold 2.x. Use this
# to provide compatibility to existing CGI scripts.
#SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +ExportCertData +CompatEnvVars

# Per-Server Logging:
# The home of a custom SSL log file. Use this when you want a
# compact non-error SSL logfile on a virtual host basis.
CustomLog logs/ssl_request_log \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"

</VirtualHost>

</IfDefine>

 

[MrCBofBCinTX]

Have now figured out that httpd -u gets things working correctly
Also regular html pages sometimes work, then go forbidden on a refresh without httpd -u
So what could the problem be and how can I fix this.
variations of using/not using /var/

http://www ought

to do the trick but don't