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web server Directory access is forbidden.
Hi guys i am trying to set up a simple webserver but i cannot install anything as i get the following error when i try to Directory access is forbidden. also phpmyadmin throws me the foll...
I have no idea why this happens, but I have had the same problem since day one. You need to midfy a permissions setting in apache. Afte I did this, it solved all my problems... I find I have to do this after each readynas update, still have never figured out why I am in this boat.
Connect to the box via SSH (putty)
1. Edit /etc/frontview/apache/shares.conf (modify location setting)
Replace this-------------------------
<Location "/web">
Options Indexes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Options -ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
</Location>
With This ------------------------------------
<Location "/web">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Options -ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
</Location>
2. Restart apache
apachectl restart
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