[Mailman-Users] Archive access Forbidden

[Steff Watkins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailman-users-bounces+s.watkins=nhm.ac.uk at python.org 
> [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+s.watkins=nhm.ac.uk at python.org] 
> On Behalf Of David Southwell
> Sent: 29 December 2009 15:04
> To: mailman-users at python.org
> Subject: [Mailman-Users] Archive access Forbidden


> with result:
> Forbidden
> You don't have permission to 
> access/pipermail/bps_comps_print_announce/ on this server
> 
> Attempt to view archives from Topic Section of the mailing 
> list administration page using link for> Go to list archives 
> also fails
> 
> Extract from httpd-error.log
> [Tue Dec 29 12:50:12 2009] [error] [client 62.49.197.51] 
> attempt to invoke directory as script: 
> /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ [Tue Dec 29 12:50:47 2009] 
> [error] [client 62.49.197.51] Symbolic link not allowed or 
> link target not accessible: 
> /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/bps_comps_print_announce, referer: 
> http://www.vizion2000.net/mailman/listinfo/bps_comps_print_announce
> 
> Extract from httpd.conf
> ScriptAlias /mailman      "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin"
> <Directory "/usr/local/mailman">
>         Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
>         AllowOverride None
>         Order allow,deny
>         Allow from all
>      </Directory>
> ScriptAlias /pipermail "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public"
> <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public">
>  Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
>        AllowOverride None
>        Order allow,deny
>           Allow from all
> Options Indexes MultiViews
>   AddDefaultCharset Off
>     </Directory>

Hi,

 I'm guessing that the directory indexing mechanism of Apache is getting
confused. 

The line

  ScriptAlias /pipermail "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public"

tells apache that anything with a URI starting with /pipermail is a
script, so Apache will take any call to that URI as a call for an
exectuable.

Looking at my local setup I see that the only indexing material in the
'archive/public' subdirectories are the file index.html.

So you have to configure Apache to look for index.html as the indexing
mechanism within a "script only" directory. Something like:

  <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public">
    ....
    ....
   DirectoryIndex index.html
   </Directory>

should do the trick. Don't forget to restart Apache after adding that
line.

HTH,
S Watkins