Thread: Apache Virtual Host config file--spaces in path

hi,
followed directions here setting apache, php, , mysql. attempted creating virtual host root directory has path spaces; yet 403 forbidden errors when trying access localhost. in addition, apache won't create "index.html" file on fly site.

tried creating site root directory path has no spaces; , apache , php work fine. index.html file created on fly well.

here config code site that won't work:

code:

<virtualhost *:80>     serveradmin webmaster@localhost      documentroot "/home/vance/aptana studio 3 workspace/testingspacesphp"     <directory />         options followsymlinks         allowoverride none     </directory>     <directory "/home/vance/aptana studio 3 workspace/testingspacesphp">         options indexes followsymlinks multiviews         allowoverride none         order allow,deny         allow     </directory>      scriptalias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/     <directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">         allowoverride none         options +execcgi -multiviews +symlinksifownermatch         order allow,deny         allow     </directory>      errorlog ${apache_log_dir}/error.log      # possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,     # alert, emerg.     loglevel warn      customlog ${apache_log_dir}/access.log combined      alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"     <directory "/usr/share/doc/">         options indexes multiviews followsymlinks         allowoverride none         order deny,allow         deny         allow 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128     </directory>  </virtualhost>

here code site works:

code:

<virtualhost *:80>     serveradmin webmaster@localhost      documentroot /home/vance/learningphp     <directory />         options followsymlinks         allowoverride none     </directory>     <directory /home/vance/learningphp>         options indexes followsymlinks multiviews         allowoverride none         order allow,deny         allow     </directory>      scriptalias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/     <directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">         allowoverride none         options +execcgi -multiviews +symlinksifownermatch         order allow,deny         allow     </directory>      errorlog ${apache_log_dir}/error.log      # possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,     # alert, emerg.     loglevel warn      customlog ${apache_log_dir}/access.log combined      alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"     <directory "/usr/share/doc/">         options indexes multiviews followsymlinks         allowoverride none         order deny,allow         deny         allow 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128     </directory>  </virtualhost>

both config files identical except paths in <directory> entry , path document root.

also, when restart apache server enabled site gives 403 replies; no errors displayed in console.
using ubuntu 10.10.
help,
vance

only guess , not tried in practice try substituting spaces in <directory> line either "%20" or "\040" - without quotes

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