Apache2 not displaying pages externally?

bhogg · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

I'm having a very frustrating problem... I'm installing some scripts in a directory off the root of htdocs, more specifically a shopping cart tutorial from phpwebcommerce.com.

Once I extract the files and setup the permissions (using SquirrelMail installed in htdocs/mail/ as an example), and attempt to view the page externally, all apache returns from index.php is

vandalman · n00b Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 52

The the tutorial come with an .htaccess file that limits external views? I'd also check to see if all the supporting directories are viewable by external IP's

bhogg · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

The .htaccess file was removed with no effect. I actually had to remove it beforehand and place the include directories in php.ini, or else edit the php's themselves. Again, localhost works but externally it does not.

There are no other htaccess files, and all files in supporting directories have the same permission structure as the squirrelmail folders. What else could be limiting external access to a directory that was newly created under htdocs?

vandalman · n00b Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 52

The only thing I can think of is some hidden item in your Apache config.

magic919 · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

htaccess files are a bit old hat and not the preferred method of restricting access to directories if you can access the apache conf files. If you are running current Apache under Gentoo you'll probably want to check /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/ for the conf relating to default site. Check there and watch your errors.log.