Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? [SOLVED]

From	elvis <elvis@dogonfire.com>
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Subject	Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? [SOLVED]
Date	2020-09-01 15:10 +0200
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On 1/9/20 6:29 pm, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 04:57:28PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Just to be clear, the folder I had to change permissions on is the
>> <folder containing all the web sites. This is many levels above the
>> document root,
> To be able to access a file given its path, you need to have read
> access to each directory [1] along that path. There isn't another
> way, and this is a Good Thing [TM]

I don't know if this is a silly question or not, but can you access a 
file not given its path?


I have the same problem as the OP sometimes and wonder what rules there 
are for allowing access to directories further along the path.





> Cheers
>
> [1] Why people keep insisting in calling those things "folders" is
>     beyond me. They don't "fold" anything, do they?
>
>   - t

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Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-08-30 18:30 +0200
  Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-08-30 19:10 +0200
    Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-08-30 19:30 +0200
      Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-08-31 21:20 +0200
        Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-08-31 22:10 +0200
          Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-08-31 23:00 +0200
            Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 07:50 +0200
            Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-01 10:40 +0200
              folders (was Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in  Apache 2? [SOLVED]) The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-09-01 12:50 +0200
                Re: folders (was Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site  in Apache 2? [SOLVED]) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-01 16:00 +0200
                Re: folders (was Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site  in Apache 2? [SOLVED]) Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-02 11:50 +0200
                Re: folders (was Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site  in Apache 2? [SOLVED]) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-02 12:00 +0200
                Re: folders (was Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site  in Apache 2? [SOLVED]) Marek Mosiewicz <marek.mosiewicz@jotel.com.pl> - 2020-09-01 21:10 +0200
              Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-01 14:10 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-01 15:40 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? [SOLVED] Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 16:10 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? [SOLVED] Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 15:40 +0200
                Folders [was: Why can't I move the document root for a site in  Apache 2? [SOLVED]] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-01 16:00 +0200
              Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] elvis <elvis@dogonfire.com> - 2020-09-01 15:10 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-09-01 15:40 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-01 16:10 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-01 16:40 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-01 16:50 +0200
              Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? [SOLVED] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-01 16:10 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-01 16:20 +0200
                Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?  [SOLVED] John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2020-09-02 02:30 +0200

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