Lighttpd 403 forbidden errors

Question

I'm in the process of replacing Apache with Lighty and I'm having some trouble.

The index of the page loads fine, but whenever I try to go into a subdirectory I will get a 403 forbidden error. It does not matter which directory.

I have tried setting the directories to 777 and I still got errors. I'm sure that the user that it is running under has access to the directory.

What should I do?

Look in the error log to see what lighttpd says? – Sep 11 '10 at 08:47 — , Sep 11 '10 at 08:47
The log doesn't say anything regarding permissions. – Sep 11 '10 at 12:59 — , Sep 11 '10 at 12:59

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '10 at 15:23

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Are you saying that lighttpd doesn't serve the directory listing, and gives out a 403 error instead? If that's the case, you have to add the following line to your config:

dir-listing.activate = "enable"

answered Sep 26 '10 at 15:23

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '11 at 08:06

My Answer:

If you are using Debian's latest version of lighttpd then it is most likely as easy as.

[ Company -- root@web-server:~ ] # lighty-enable-mod userdir

Yeah, its as simple as that, I'm not sure if that command is from Debian's install of lighttpd or lighttpd it self. Please tell me what the answer is. :)

A PS1 that makes the command line much neater, includes color. :)

[\033[1;37m][ Affinity -- [\033[1;33m]\u[\033[1;37m]@[\033[1;32m]\h[\033[1;37m]:[\033[1;31m]\w[\033[1;36m][\033[1;37m] ] \$ [\033];$1\u@\h:\w\007]

Lighttpd 403 forbidden errors

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My Answer:

A PS1 that makes the command line much neater, includes color. :)