29.12.09 - Apache .htaccess permission denied
How to resolve the access to a non existent .htaccess
If we choose another DocumentRoot location for any host configuration you must ensure that Apache have full access from the root to the destiny if not your browser will prompt a "Permission denied" and in the log file you can find a message like "Permission denied: NO_ACCESIBLE_DIR/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable"
We can solve this problem setting a correct access permissions from the root to the destiny path. For example if we have a non accesible or a DocumentRoot "/var/www" problem we can solve it setting a "/var" and "/var/www" 755 permissions:
We can solve this problem setting a correct access permissions from the root to the destiny path. For example if we have a non accesible or a DocumentRoot "/var/www" problem we can solve it setting a "/var" and "/var/www" 755 permissions:
chmod 755 /srv
chmod 755 /srv/www
chmod 755 /srv/www
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