[Mailman-Users] Re: [Mailman-Developers] public and private archives problem

[Richard Barrett]

At 19:20 30/04/2003, Kory Wheatley wrote:
>I'm getting this below  error when an user tries to open up there 
>archives. I've run check_perms and all the permissions are correct.
>When I change the archive options on this list to public I get this below 
>error when I change it back to private I can view the threaded archives 
>fine, is there a solution to this. I've tested this with my other  lists 
>and it does the same thing.  There most be something that I've got 
>configured wrong that a list can't be  setup to view the archives in the 
>(public) setting.
>
>
>ACCESS DENIED !
>
>    You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There
>is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.
>
>If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster
>
>ERROR 403
>
>    mm.isu.edu
>    Wed Apr 30 11:47:13 2003
>    Apache/2.0.40 (Red Hat Linux)
>

One thing you could check is in your httpd.conf.

In order to reach a list's archives via the public archive Alias, typically 
/pipermail/, requires that the directory that /pipermail/ resolves to has 
the FollowSymLinks option enabled.

In a lot of stock Apache installation the document root has a very 
restrictive set of Options, often no allowing FollowSymLinks. Your target 
directory may be inheriting those.


btw: you shouldn't really cross-post to both mailman-users and 
mailman-developers

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