/cacti/index.php Permissions problem

[DazedandConfused]

I've finally gotten Cacti installed and for the most part working. The only problem I still have is that I cannot connect to the cacti web site remotely. http://localhost/cacti works just fine, but http://remote_ip/cacti gives me an Apache forbidden error message. I'm a newb as far as Linux is concerned, (Sorry). I'm running CentOS 4.1, if that even matters, I'm guessing it's just permission somewhere. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Roland
Network Manager
Cherokee County Schools

[rony]

This probably a configuration problem concerning the directory or php.

Or it could me an accual permission problem on the cacti directory. What are the permissions on the cacti directory?

[egarnel]

Check to see if Selinux is enabled

and

look for "Allow from localhost" & "Deny from All" is set in your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file for the web root directory [ /var/www/html]
If so, change it to "Allow from (insert your subnets and/or hosts here)" or "Allow from all" if you are so inclined... and comment out the "Deny from all"
then issue (as root) /etc/init.d/httpd restart or service httpd restart
(they do the same, you could also use the reload keyword too.

and check your firewall settings. localhost is set to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts which is bound to the loopback interface - lo which is trusted by most default iptables configs. Edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables to allow web traffic into the server or use whatever utility that comes with CentOS 4.1 for security setup.
I run CentOS 4.x & 3.5, but do most of my configs by hand or 3rd party scripts such Bastille so I do not remember what the firewall util is at the moment. Once you edit your firewall settings, restart iptables (like the httpd restart above) Both of which must be done at root level permissions

[DazedandConfused]

Thanks, that fixed it, it was there was no allow statement in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Thanks again, I really appreciate it.

Roland