You need: DirectoryIndex index.htm either in the global section or in the VirtualHost declarations. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Apu wrote: > there is no log file there. Only file there is htdocs. I have made the > directories for individual users.The root documentroot seems to be not > working. It may have overridden that with new settings ? > > BTW when I put index.htm on the url after seeing that forbidden it gives me > one of the users document root's index.htm. > > Seems like I am very close but not quite there. > > Apu > > > Adam Maloney wrote: > > > Does the directory exist, and are the permissions correct? Is Apache > > looking for a a default document, but there isn't one and apache won't do > > a directoryindex? > > > > You can usually do a: > > > > tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log and get a more admin-parsable > > error message to see what the real problem is. > > > > Adam Maloney > > Systems Administrator > > Sihope Communications > > > > On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 isla0005 at tc.umn.edu wrote: > > > > > > > > I have added the following lines on my httpd.conf > > > > > > NameVirtualHost 24.111.111.111.11 > > > > > > <VirtualHost 24.111.111.111.11> > > > ServerName work.apu.homeip.net > > > DocumentRoot /usr/users/work/www > > > </VirtualHost> > > > > > > <virtualHost 24.111.111.11> > > > ServerName leffew.apu.homeip.net > > > DocumentRoot /usr/users/leffew/www > > > </VirtualHost> > > > > > > ** IP address is just a dummy one > > > > > > When I restart apache and then try to access my page, I get a > > > " Frbidden" error . > > > > > > Any clue ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Apu > > > > > > ----- > > > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > > > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org