Trying to get an alias to work in xampp...

[alank2]

Hi,

I added this to the configuration file:

Alias /sources "D:/5"

<Directory "D:/5">
	Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
	AllowOverride All
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
</Directory>

But when I try to browse it, I get:

Access forbidden!

You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Alan

[Fou-Lu]

Not sure why this is in the PHP section as it has nothing to do with PHP.
Since the error is a forbidden and not a not found, that would indicate to me that you have a security issue. Make sure the apache user has access to the resources for D:\5.

[alank2]

Hi,

I didn't know where to put it - I did a search and found others asking questions about xampp in this forum...

I am running xampp on windows - it does say : "Running with Administrator rights - good!" in the control panel.

Thanks,

Alan

[Fou-Lu]

Running the application as administrator isn't necessarily the same as the user that is used for the access for the account. You need to ensure that the directory can be accessed by the user specified in the apache service.
What is the D drive? Is it local or drive mapped?

[alank2]

Hi,

I set the Apache service to use a local administrator that I know has access and restarted it. Same error. D:\5 is a local drive.

Any other ideas?

Thanks for the help!

Alan

[Fou-Lu]

Mmm, wait, what version of apache are you using?
I just noticed you're using Order allow,deny. The new directive is the require, but I don't know exactly what version released it. Try this for the directory block:

Alias /sources "D:/5"

<Directory "D:/5">
	Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
	AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

[alank2]

Hi Fou-Lu,

Thank you - that fixed it!!

Alan