13.10 Local Apache server 403 Forbidden

[7-webmaster]

Since upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10 Apache access to ~/public_html fails with a 403 Forbidden error. There are no changes to permissions of any of the directories or, as far as I can see to any of the Apache configuration files.

/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf is:


<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /home/jcobban/public_html
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /home/jcobban/public_html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

[utkjamie]

Bump. Same problem.

[dumbmatter]

I had this same problem and found this thread before I figured out the solution. Thought I'd post the answer here in case anyone still is having trouble.

/etc/apache2/apache2.conf seems to be more restrictive now. To get rid of the 403 error for a certain folder, find this part:


<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all denied
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share>
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>

After that, add something like this:


<Directory /home/USERNAME/FOLDER/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>

Then restart Apache and it should work.