Web access stumping me

[ManRoaming]

Forbidden

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

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.0 (Linux/SUSE) Server at 192.168.1.14 Port 80

OK, maybe I come home from work too fried to see the answer to this.. Is there an easy button I can push?

[Flash_]

Check /var/log/apache2/error.log for more info.

Also F5 (or CTRL+F5) to see if it's asking for any user/pass, and whether that's from Zoneminder's security, or a .htaccess or rule in apache's config.

[ma77hias]

Did you check permissions on your web directory and your ZM directory ?

Verify that your apache user ist the owner/group of your web directories and has read/write permissions

[zoneminder]

Also, make sure you do actually have php installed.

[ManRoaming]

I have PHP installed. I am looking through permissions, uh how do I check to see if the apache user is the owner/group of my web directories?
I have some directores owned by root-root and some owned by wwwrun-root. A little guidance is needed here because I will certainly F this up
:)

[ma77hias]

The command
ls -l
should give you directory listing with the owners

chown -R <user>:<group> FILE/DIRECTORY
use -R for recursive
This command changes owner and group of a file or directory

chgrp -R <group> FILE/DIRECTORY

just changes the group

chmod changes the read/write/execute permissions

[ManRoaming]

I am still wrestling with this. Here is the error recorded in /var/log/apache2/error_log

[Wed Oct 11 18:34:23 2006] [error] [client 192.168.1.16] Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /srv/www/htdocs/index.php, referer: http://192.168.1.16/

I can see this file through conquerer so I know it exists. Anyone have an idea?

[cordel]

You may need to change your directives in your httpd.conf (apache config file) to allow symlinks to be used.

ie.

<Directory /usr/local/httpd/htdocs>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

See apaches page at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/co ... #directory for more info.

Regards,
Corey

[ManRoaming]

I was able to fix this tonight by deleting the index.php and creating a new link:
ln zm.php index.php

now I can see my cams on my network. Next will be to see them on the oter side of my NAT.

[ManRoaming]

Mapped port 80 to my Zm server address (through linksys AP router) and was able to see my cams through the firewall at work.

[jameswilson]

good glad your sorted mate

[ManRoaming]

How do you password this out to keep the gremlins off? (web access)

[jameswilson]

turn on auth in options

[ManRoaming]

Thanks!
But I RTFM after I made the last post, a little bass ackwards way to do things but it works fine.