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Apache directory listing not working

I've just manually installed Apache and PHP, and everything is working fine apart from one thing: I can't get a directory listing or open any files. A slight problem.

It works fine if I change my root to the htdocs in my Apache directory, but it refuses to work when I change it to the directory I want.

I've PHP installed in F:\PHP, I have Apache installed in F:\Program Files\Apache, and my root is F:\www (this last thing is the problem).

Here's a snippet of my httpd.conf

<Directory "F:/www">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

The directory exists with test.php in it and I get 403 Forbidden error when I try either.

If I change the line <Directory "F:/www"> to point to the htdocs directory mention above and restart Apache, it works fine. Why doesn't it like F:/www?

What have I done wrong? Thanks!

Solution

  • Ugh. Complete newb error. I tried to delete the question, but it won't let me.

    I didn't change DocumentRoot in the HTTPD.CONF, I only added a <directory> statement.

    Now it works fine.

    *facepalm*