Changing the root directory in WAMP

Question

I'm looking to change the root directory to point the directory to the following location:

C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents[documents]\wamp

I know that I have to change the apache http.conf file in the following lines

DocumentRoot "c:/Documents and Settings/User/My Documents/[documents]/"

However, it seems that the square brackets besides [documents] are causing the Forbidden Error to be displayed:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /login/ on this server.

Is there any way to use square brackets in the directory tree? [documents] is named for a particular purpose, and it needs to stay that way. Otherwise, I will need to do alot of recoding.

What are the rules if any when pointing to a directory tree?

Thanks in advance.

`chaser` You can mark my answer as Best Answer so others can also be benificial. — mujaffars, Aug 10 '16 at 06:16

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 25 '13 at 13:55

I was getting same forbidden error (In windows machine for wamp), after lot of r & d I found that there is need to change default virtual host in httpd-vhosts.conf file which is present in:

C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.17\conf\extra

(change directory c:/wamp/www to what you want)

From :

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost  
DocumentRoot “c:/wamp/www”  
ServerName localhost  
ErrorLog “logs/localhost-error.log”  
CustomLog “logs/localhost-access.log” common

To:

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot “E:/wamp/www”
ServerName localhost
ErrorLog “logs/localhost-error.log”
CustomLog “logs/localhost-access.log” common

Jon Kartago Lamida · Answer 2 · 2013-03-18T08:56:52.680

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Right click your folder, select properties, then go to security tab. Edit proper permission for that folder so that apache user can have permission to access that folder.

I have tested that scenario in my system and DocumentRoot folder with bracket inside the name can work without problem.

edited Mar 18 '13 at 08:56

answered Mar 18 '13 at 08:50

Jon Kartago Lamida

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It's not the permission/security of the folder. I changed the name of the folder to just documents without the brackets and I don't get the forbidden error anymore. Can you think of anything else? I'm using WAMP 2.2 if that's any help. – chaser Mar 25 '13 at 03:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 19 '14 at 18:06

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Just in case someone comes across this as I did.

I had permissions problems on the parent folder of the directory I was trying to set as the DocumentRoot.

I found allowing the SYSTEM user Full Control privileges fixed the problem.

answered Jun 19 '14 at 18:06

adamdama

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 24 '15 at 17:33

If you have permission problems (403 denied), and you are using newer WAPMs, e.g.

-wampserver2.5 with

-Apache-2.4.9

-Mysql-5.6.17

-php5.5.12-64b

you may want to check httpd.conf code (ca #240):

    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied

and change it to:

Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all

Also, you may want to: take a look at this

Changing the root directory in WAMP

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