You don't have permission to access / on this server after changing permissions
I am using AWS with EC2 instance running Ubuntu 18 and Apache2.
I needed to be able to upload files to my website using FileZilla. I got permission denied at first, so I did :
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /var/www
(ubuntu is the user name to connect to the server on AWS with Ubuntu)
Now I can upload and delete files using FileZilla, but I believe it also caused the following problem when I try to view my website from a browser:
403 Forbidden
Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Am I right? This is the cause for the error? How to fix it? I can't view my website anymore
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I am using AWS with EC2 instance running Ubuntu 18 and Apache2.
I needed to be able to upload files to my website using FileZilla. I got permission denied at first, so I did :
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /var/www
(ubuntu is the user name to connect to the server on AWS with Ubuntu)
Now I can upload and delete files using FileZilla, but I believe it also caused the following problem when I try to view my website from a browser:
403 Forbidden
Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Am I right? This is the cause for the error? How to fix it? I can't view my website anymore
apache amazon-web-services ubuntu
asked Jan 1 at 15:22
sStackersStacker
737
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I am using AWS with EC2 instance running Ubuntu 18 and Apache2.
I needed to be able to upload files to my website using FileZilla. I got permission denied at first, so I did :
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /var/www
(ubuntu is the user name to connect to the server on AWS with Ubuntu)
Now I can upload and delete files using FileZilla, but I believe it also caused the following problem when I try to view my website from a browser:
403 Forbidden
Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Am I right? This is the cause for the error? How to fix it? I can't view my website anymore
apache amazon-web-services ubuntu
asked Jan 1 at 15:22
sStackersStacker
737
I am using AWS with EC2 instance running Ubuntu 18 and Apache2.
I needed to be able to upload files to my website using FileZilla. I got permission denied at first, so I did :
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /var/www
(ubuntu is the user name to connect to the server on AWS with Ubuntu)
Now I can upload and delete files using FileZilla, but I believe it also caused the following problem when I try to view my website from a browser:
403 Forbidden
Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Am I right? This is the cause for the error? How to fix it? I can't view my website anymore
apache amazon-web-services ubuntu
apache amazon-web-services ubuntu
asked Jan 1 at 15:22
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I believe apacahe doesn't have access to your files anymore.
You could do sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www to give back apache its access.
If you still want to be able to publish to your website through the ubuntu user and Filezilla you can:
Keep
ubuntuthe user owner of the files butwww-dataas the group owner so apache is still able to access them.
sudo chown -R ubuntu:www-data /var/www
sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 750 {} ;
sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 640 {} ;
This gives read/write access to the user
ubuntuand read-only access to thewww-data(apache) group.
A more advanced way is to use ACL. Apache is still the user and group owner of the files and have some specific access related to your website. In addition the ubuntu user can have full access to the
/var/wwwdirectory withsudo setfacl -R -m u:ubuntu:rwx /var/www.
Other solutions have been discussed on AskUbuntu.
answered Jan 1 at 16:48
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I believe apacahe doesn't have access to your files anymore.
You could do sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www to give back apache its access.
If you still want to be able to publish to your website through the ubuntu user and Filezilla you can:
Keep
ubuntuthe user owner of the files butwww-dataas the group owner so apache is still able to access them.
sudo chown -R ubuntu:www-data /var/www
sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 750 {} ;
sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 640 {} ;
This gives read/write access to the user
ubuntuand read-only access to thewww-data(apache) group.
A more advanced way is to use ACL. Apache is still the user and group owner of the files and have some specific access related to your website. In addition the ubuntu user can have full access to the
/var/wwwdirectory withsudo setfacl -R -m u:ubuntu:rwx /var/www.
Other solutions have been discussed on AskUbuntu.
answered Jan 1 at 16:48
Quentin RevelQuentin Revel
79038
add a comment |
I believe apacahe doesn't have access to your files anymore.
You could do sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www to give back apache its access.
If you still want to be able to publish to your website through the ubuntu user and Filezilla you can:
Keep
ubuntuthe user owner of the files butwww-dataas the group owner so apache is still able to access them.
sudo chown -R ubuntu:www-data /var/www
sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 750 {} ;
sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 640 {} ;
This gives read/write access to the user
ubuntuand read-only access to thewww-data(apache) group.
A more advanced way is to use ACL. Apache is still the user and group owner of the files and have some specific access related to your website. In addition the ubuntu user can have full access to the
/var/wwwdirectory withsudo setfacl -R -m u:ubuntu:rwx /var/www.
Other solutions have been discussed on AskUbuntu.
answered Jan 1 at 16:48
Quentin RevelQuentin Revel
79038
add a comment |
I believe apacahe doesn't have access to your files anymore.
You could do sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www to give back apache its access.
If you still want to be able to publish to your website through the ubuntu user and Filezilla you can:
Keep
ubuntuthe user owner of the files butwww-dataas the group owner so apache is still able to access them.
sudo chown -R ubuntu:www-data /var/www
sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 750 {} ;
sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 640 {} ;
This gives read/write access to the user
ubuntuand read-only access to thewww-data(apache) group.
A more advanced way is to use ACL. Apache is still the user and group owner of the files and have some specific access related to your website. In addition the ubuntu user can have full access to the
/var/wwwdirectory withsudo setfacl -R -m u:ubuntu:rwx /var/www.
Other solutions have been discussed on AskUbuntu.
answered Jan 1 at 16:48
Quentin RevelQuentin Revel
79038
I believe apacahe doesn't have access to your files anymore.
You could do sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www to give back apache its access.
If you still want to be able to publish to your website through the ubuntu user and Filezilla you can:
Keep
ubuntuthe user owner of the files butwww-dataas the group owner so apache is still able to access them.
sudo chown -R ubuntu:www-data /var/www
sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 750 {} ;
sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 640 {} ;
This gives read/write access to the user
ubuntuand read-only access to thewww-data(apache) group.
A more advanced way is to use ACL. Apache is still the user and group owner of the files and have some specific access related to your website. In addition the ubuntu user can have full access to the
/var/wwwdirectory withsudo setfacl -R -m u:ubuntu:rwx /var/www.
Other solutions have been discussed on AskUbuntu.
answered Jan 1 at 16:48
Quentin RevelQuentin Revel
79038
answered Jan 1 at 16:48
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79038
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