Thread: 403 error after changing apache2 document root

hi folks, time.

decided change apache document root /var/www home folder, /home/blair/www

followed video tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=qw95e7ewzew

created new www directory in /home/blair, , modified /etc/apache2/sites-available/default:

<virtualhost *:80>
serveradmin webmaster@localhost

documentroot /home/blair/www
<directory />
options followsymlinks
allowoverride none
</directory>
<directory /var/www/>
options indexes followsymlinks multiviews
allowoverride none
order allow,deny
allow all
</directory>

scriptalias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
allowoverride none
options +execcgi -multiviews +symlinksifownermatch
order allow,deny
allow all
</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 all
allow 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</directory>

</virtualhost>

as can see modified the fourth line down /var/www /home/blair/www

then, restarted apache running sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

now, when point browser http://localhost, 403 forbidden error.

might way off, i'm speculating might apache2 not have permission access new www folder. if case, how can grant such access?

again!

my document root owned www-data. so:

chmod www-data:www-data <dir>

long files in directory world-readable, things should ok.

steve.

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