No permission when trying to call htm file on local host

[jmahdi]

this should be related to an "mysterious" configuration in apache or something please help (or direct to another post that might).....

 

I get this: You don't have permission to access /filename.htm when i try to run http://localhost/filename.htm  !!

 

while i have no problem when running: http://localhost/filename.php

 

i run this on linux fedora (if this helps or makes a difference)...the files are called from the /var/www/html directory..

 

thanks in advance

[gristoi]

nothing 'mystrious' about it, what permissions are set for the .htm file. run

chmod 777 /var/www/html/filename/htm

and try again

[jmahdi]

thanks gristoi it works.... sorry i'm new to linux, do i have to do this every time i boot linux? thanks again

 

[gristoi]

No, you do however need to read up on managing access and permissions in linux. using 777 is a very bad option so dont go using that all of the time. It is basically granting all read and write permissions for that file, and as you can guess can lead to security problems.

 

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/10862-linux-file-permissions.html

 

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