RE: {bb} BB- forbidden error

[pelmaillist <pelmaillists@lightbridge.com>]

No problem.

You are missing a "." at the end of the chown command. 
Should be "chown -R bigbrother ."

I think you may have missed an apache config (httpd.conf) somewhere that
allows the web server to follow links or have an incorrectly setup stanza
in the apache config that points where the html files for the
"/bb" virtual directory are located.

Hope I'm pointing you in the right direction.

Paul

At 10:03 AM 10/19/2006, you wrote:

Sorry- I was weary to put my lack of knowledge out there so I overlooked the fact that I didn?t give all of the Info.
 
I?m running Red Hat Linux (not enterprise) with Apache.
 
Yes, when I browse to the host name, I see the default apache web page.  When I browse to hostname/bb, I get a forbidden message.
 
I will point out the one thing that didn?t work for me.  Reading from the Readme.Install, step 5 didn?t work for me.  Maybe that?s the problem?
 
(Step 5 from the directions?)
5.         cd ../..
            ln -s <bbdir> bb where <bbdir> is the new version directory (e.g. bb1.9i-btf)
 
            This is useful as you don't have to change the directory in your
            startup script. (see section 11)
 
        cd bb
        chown -R bbuser .       where bbuser is the user you defined
                                in the install process. This makes sure
                                that the bbuser can write/read into
                                the BB directory sttructure as you will
                                probably install while in the root account
 
            cd ..
            chown -R bbuser bbvar
 
 
Here's my input and error-
[bigbrother@bbhost etc]$ cd ../..
[bigbrother@bbhost bigbrother]$ ln -s /home/bigbrother/bb1.9i-btf bb
[bigbrother@bbhost bigbrother]$ cd bb
[bigbrother@bbhost bb]$ chown -R bigbrother
chown: too few arguments
Try `chown --help' for more information.
[bigbrother@bbhost bb]$
 
 
 

Regards,
Jay McMickle- CCNA,CCSA,CCA,MCSE
Sr. Network & Security Engineer
Realm Business Solutions

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From: owner-bb@bb4.com [ mailto:owner-bb@bb4.com] On Behalf Of pelmaillist
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:39 AM
To: bb@bb4.com
Subject: Re: {bb} BB- forbidden error
 
Hi Jay,

        You didn't mention the OS you are installing it on.  Is this a unix or window's install?

        Next, is there a web server running on the platform?  (Apache on unix or IIS on windows)?
                 can you browser to http://hostname ?

        that's where I'd start first.

Hope this helps,

        Paul LaMadeleine

At 09:07 AM 10/19/2006, you wrote:

I am a rookie and I've been trying to figure out BB on my own.  I live
and breathe in a Windows and Cisco world.  I have installed and
reinstalled BB 5 times without any further success.

The directions for the install of bb didn't mention any configuration of
the HTTP service.  When I browse to /bb, I get a forbidden message.
>From the terminal window, my ln's are working so I know the redirects
are correct.  Who should the owner of each folder and redirect be, as
well as the permissions?

Any help is appreciated...

Regards,
Jay McMickle- CCNA,CCSA,CCA,MCSE
Sr. Network & Security Engineer
Realm Business Solutions

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