Apache Gives me 403 Error when trying to access “/” on server

问题

When I try to change the web root path to any other folder it give me a 403 error (Forbidden), The default path is /Library/WebServer/Documents, but since this rather annoying for me, I changed it too /Users/Xero/WebServer

Permissions

I got the permissions from /Library/WebServer/Documents by right clicking and selecting Get info (http://i.imgur.com/f21D7z0.png What it looks like)

So I changed it to be the exact same for /Users/Xero/WebServer. But it give me a 403 error still.

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Attempt to fix

So, I looked it up on Google, and I tried these solutions to fix my problem:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apache-403-forbidden-error-and-solution/

Error message "Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server" (Stack Overflow)

But they didn't help.

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Other Notes

Remember I'm using the preinstalled Apache on OS X Snow leopard. And, my virtual host isn't local, so it's not part or the hosts file issue (It's hosted off my DNS, and my IP as a backup, neither work)

My Virtual Hosts:

<VirtualHost *:80>                                      ( Edited 2 )
    DocumentRoot "/Users/Xero/WebServer" 
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
        DocumentRoot "/Users/Xero/WebServer"
        ServerName wrks.tk
        ErrorLog "/Logs/Workarea/wrks-err"
        CustomLog "/Logs/Workarea/wrks-acc" common
        DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml
        <Directory "/Users/Xero/WebServer">
                Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
                AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/Users/Xero/WebServer"
        ServerName 209.169.203.53
        ErrorLog "/Logs/Workarea/ip"
        CustomLog "/Logs/Workarea/ip-acc" common
        <Directory "/Users/Xero/WebServer">
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Also, I have my httpd.conf User and Group setup like this:

User _www
Group _www

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Responses to Answers

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Edits

1. So, I fixed the path's to the document's, but it still giving me the same error, 403.
2. I checked my FireWall settings and it's off. I also checked my `Sharing Preferences`, `File Sharing` and `Web Sharing` are on.
3. I edited the duplicate of `DirectoryIndex Home.php Home.html` in the `wrks.tk` VirtualHost, but still, I'm getting the same error. (See Other Notes)
4. Added more too Other Notes.
5. Fixed directory, but still didn't fix problem.
6. Added another to Answer Responses.
7. Tried a computer restart, did not work.
8. I put a `index.html` in the folder, still got the same 403 error, I tried accessing `/index.html`, still, 403.

回答1:

What file exactly are you getting all of this from?

<VirtualHost *:80>                                      ( Edited 2 )
DocumentRoot "/Users/Xero/WebServer" 
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    DocumentRoot "/Users/Xero/WebServer"
    ServerName wrks.tk
    ErrorLog "/Logs/Workarea/wrks-err"
    CustomLog "/Logs/Workarea/wrks-acc" common
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml
    <Directory "/Users/Xero/WebServer">
            Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
            AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Users/Xero/WebServer"
    ServerName 209.169.203.53
    ErrorLog "/Logs/Workarea/ip"
    CustomLog "/Logs/Workarea/ip-acc" common
    <Directory "/Users/Xero/WebServer">
            AllowOverride All
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

There are more than one file for those settings. If you have apache, then take a look in the sites-enabled and sites-available folders.

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Change the bottom part of your httpd.conf file to:

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
#   AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Require all granted

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Make a new file index.html and put the following in it:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>It works!</h1>

<p>This is the default web page for this server.</p>
<p>The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.</p>

</body>
</html>

Then place the index.html file into the empty directory.

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create a file in /etc/apache2/users/ called yourusername.conf (yourusername being the account short name, e.g. hulu – it's usually the name of your home folder in /Users) with the following contents:

<Directory "/Users/yourusername/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21394871/apache-gives-me-403-error-when-trying-to-access-on-server