ScriptAlias

I am running Apache on RedHat Linux 7.0. After setting up my server I made the recommended changes to the httpd.conf.

CGI & PHP should be working. Both have their ScriptAlias set.

The problem is that neither work and I keep getting a 403 Forbidden error.

Can someone help?

Peter

>> CGI & PHP should be working. Both have their ScriptAlias set

Is it mod_php or standalone PHP CGI? If your cgi-bin is scriptalias'ed, you can't put anything other than CGI scripts in it, and its subdirectory recursively. That said, you can't put .htaccess, image, text file, html file, non-cgi.php file there.

>> The problem is that neither work and I keep getting a 403 Forbidden error

To solve your problem, you gonna need to provide more info in details since there are million of possibilities for your 403 error.

php is using mod_php

I did manage to get cgi working but not php within their ScriptAlias directories.

My ScriptAlias for php reads
ScriptAlias /php/ "/var/www/php/"

Do I need any special permissions set on the php files?

peterw

>> ScriptAlias /php/ "/var/www/php/"

The directive ScriptAlias is dedicated for CGI scripts. mod_php's php script IS NOT CGI script.

>> Do I need any special permissions set on the php files?

Same permission as your plain html files and image files, -rw-r--r-- (644) normally. That said, php script is not CGI script, thus, you don't need to chmod it manually unless your umask is not 022.

If ScriptAlias does not work for php how do you have individual php directories for virtual hosting?

peterw

>> how do you have individual php directories

By default, php is enabled globally and you can run it from anywhere. If you must specify it within a directory, then:

1) Remove this line globally -> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

2) Add the following:

<Directory /www/vhosts/*/htdocs/php>
AllowOverride -FileInfo
Options All MultiViews
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Limit>
<LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</LimitExcept>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
</Directory>

thank you for all your help

peterw