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

From	john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2?
Date	2020-08-30 19:10 +0200
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On 8/30/2020 6:27 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> I'm running Apache 2.4.38-3+deb10u3 on a Debian/Stable server on an
> AMD64 machine.
>
> When I create a virtual host under /var/www, everything works as
> expected. However, if I change the virtual host's document root to
> another folder on the same machine, I get
>
> |Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource.
> Apache/2.4.38 (Debian) Server at <servername>.local Port 80 |
>
> where I use .local instead of the live site's actual TLD to refer to my
> local server.
>
> I get the same thing if I replace the public_html folder with a link to
> the other folder. To be clear, the folder and files in it are owned by
> the same account & group. And I can cd to the other folder through the
> link, so it's working.
>
> Also to be clear, when I go to <servername>.local with the site in
> /var/www/<servername>.local/public_html, it works.
>
> A reason I want to move the sites is that /var is in my system
> partition, which runs off of a small SSD, while the other folder in on a
> RAID-6 array with lots of space.
>
> When I search for the problem, I see a lot of "solutions" that say just
> change the document root of the vhost and restart Apache 2. However that
> isn't working in my case. This is likely Debian specific but all the
> Debian stuff only shows vhosts under /var/www, which isn't what I want.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

What are the permissions of the directory in question?

Do you have a directory directive for that location in apache2?

--
John Doe

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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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