forbidden page

[Potato]

I changed my document root for an account to /disk2/username/public_html but now i just get a 403 forbidden page when trying to view it

Here is what my httpd.conf looks like only a little modified to show here

<VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80>
    ServerName domain.com
    ServerAlias www.domain.com
    DocumentRoot /disk2/username/public_html
    ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.com
    UseCanonicalName Off
    CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com combined
    CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com-bytes_log "%{%s}t %I .\n%{%s}t %O ."
    ## User username # Needed for Cpanel::ApacheConf
    <IfModule mod_suphp.c>
        suPHP_UserGroup username username
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_disable_suexec.c>
        SuexecUserGroup username username
    </IfModule>
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /disk2/username/public_html/cgi-bin/



    # To customize this VirtualHost use an include file at the following location
    # Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/username/domain.com/*.conf"

</VirtualHost>

Im really not sure if I missed a step or am just missing something but help would be really appreciated

[InstaCarma_Tech]

Did you check the permissions for the document root mentioned above? Ideally, the permissions for username should be 711 and public_html should be 750.

[eth00]

Check out the apache error log and see what it says, that should point you in the right direction of what to fix.

/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

[Potato]

Check out the apache error log and see what it says, that should point you in the right direction of what to fix.

/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

[Sat Jan 02 22:31:44 2010] [crit] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] (13)Permission denied: /disk2/username/public_html/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

This is what it says although .htaccess doesnt even exist anywhere, anyone know a guide on how to change the document root cause even cpanel is showing the wrong one in file manager after updating the httpd.conf file and restarting apache :/

[thewebhostingdi]

Please make sure that the .htaccess file is present in your domain and assigned it to 755 permission and also make sure that you have assigned the appropriate ownership to the .htaccess file.

Moreover, you can also refer to below mentioned URL which might helps you to solve your issue:

How to solve “.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable” - Techie Corner

[Potato]

no luck there :/

[linux7802]

It seems to be that ownership is incorrect.Onwership for your document need to be

chown user.nobody public_html

[linuxbabu]

What permissions have you set for the document root directory ?

ls -ld /disk2/username/public_html

[Potato]

What permissions have you set for the document root directory ?

ls -ld /disk2/username/public_html

drwxr-x--- 17 root root 4096 Jan 3 16:08 /disk2/user/public_html/

edit* it was perms i set to 711 and its working thanks although how come file manager still uses home/user and not the disk2/user? how can i change this? even ftp is doing this

[InstaCarma_Tech]

drwxr-x--- 17 root root 4096 Jan 3 16:08 /disk2/user/public_html/

Change the ownership of that folder to user.nobody .

chown user.nobody /disk2/user/public_html

[Potato]

Change the ownership of that folder to user.nobody .

chown user.nobody /disk2/user/public_html

chown: `user.nobody': invalid user

[linux7802]

chown: `user.nobody': invalid user

Do not run chown user.nobody public_html

you need to replace user name as per your cPanel user name.For example if cPanel user name is tester than run following command

chown tester.nobody public_html

Best of luck