Sounds like you don't have the directory enabled for access through apache2. There should be a file in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled that allows the directory to be viewed through the apache server. I just tinker around so mine is set to the default of /var/www --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. wrote: From: Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. Subject: Web Server Issues Centos To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 9:01 PM I am having a problem that for the life of me I cannot solve.  I am setting up a basic web server on Centos5 duplicating a setup I have on Centos4.  My old setup is on a slow server that has some hardware failing randomly. I have the standard apache setup that I have appended with the following information I have at the bottom of the email.  When I try to access a basic index.html file that I created in the folder /home/gilbert/pub_html/html I get: "Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at www.test.net Port 80" SELinux is disabled Apache is set to debug on the logging The machine I have accessing the server has a modified hosts file pointing test.net and www.test.net to 172.16.5.134 The error file gives me: "(13)Permission denied: access to / denied" The access file gives me: "GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 286 If I remove my mods, and put a test index file into /var/www/html/, the system works fine (just no virtual hosts).  I am puzzled since the server does not have any issues with my config file and the file is identical (with the exception that this file has only one virtual domain name and the ip) to my config file on my online server that contains multiple domains. Can someone lead me to the promiss land? Thanks, Gilbert ------------------ httpd.conf mod ------------------ NameVirtualHost 172.16.5.134:80     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks     AllowOverride AuthConfig     Order allow,deny     Allow from all     AllowOverride AuthConfig     # AllowOverride None     Options None     Order allow,deny     Allow from all     Options Indexes MultiViews     AllowOverride None     Order allow,deny     Allow from all     ServerAdmin gilbert@test.net     DocumentRoot /home/gilbert/pub_html/html     ServerName test.net     ServerAlias www.test.net     ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/gilbert/pub_html/cgi-bin/     Alias /icons/ /home/gilbert/pub_html/icons/     ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/test.net-error_log     CustomLog /var/log/httpd/test.net-access_log common --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss