[GRLUG] Strange behavior with /var/www/html/

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

Do you have an .htaccess file in the containing directory or have 
restrictions in your httpd conf files?

Warm Regards,
Kyle Maas



On 11/2/22 18:43, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group wrote:
>
> It's not permissions. Nearly all are 777 for some reason and the 
> inconsistent behavior also happens with the few that are 553 or 533.
>
> It's not ownership. All are owned by "Me."
>
> Web-server is clearly listening on localhost. Is there any reason it 
> would have to listen on 127.0.0.1 for just certain files (which are 
> coded exactly like the others)? How would subnet restrictions or 
> re-writes affect some of the files in /var/www/html but not others?
>
> In any case, why would opening them from the file directory then make 
> it possible to open from the webbrowser?
>
>
> On 11/2/22 18:00, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group wrote:
>> Could be many things.. file permissions, file ownership (www-data).  
>> Also could be, depending upon the type of web-server, maybe it's only 
>> listening on localhost? 127.0.0.1? or maybe there are subnet 
>> restrictions or re-writes in the config file?
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 5:49 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group 
>> <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>>
>>     I've got a new computer with Ubuntu 20.04.
>>
>>     Some of the files in my /var/www/html directory behave funny.
>>     Many open fine in response to localhost/file.html or to
>>     localhost/ericbeversluis, where ericbeversluis is, eg, a WP site
>>     on my computer.
>>
>>     But some of the individual files behave strangely. When I try to
>>     open them I get a 404, "Requested URL was not found on this server."
>>
>>     I can't tell any difference between those that open and those
>>     that don't. To further confuse me, when I click on the file in
>>     the file browser, they open nicely in Firefox--as
>>     file:///var/www/html/file.html. After that happens some then open
>>     nicely in response to localhost/file.html.
>>
>>     Many of the file have traveled from an old Fedora box to the
>>     webserver on a Macbook Pro to this new box. But that history
>>     doesn't seem to correlate with the different behaviors.
>>
>>     Any insight into what's going on here?
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com
>>     <http://www.ericbeversluis.com> Forthcoming: /For Love of a Father/
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>>
> -- 
> Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com Forthcoming: /For Love of a Father/
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