macOS security update has changed some permissions for apache2 server...?

[Marius Schamschula]

Did you check if all required modules are active?

I just installed apache2 on a Catalina system. I couldn’t view the manual until I edited http.conf and enabled mod_negotiation

> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:50 AM, Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 10:37 AM, Marius Schamschula <lists at schamschula.com> wrote:
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>> Let’s step back one step.
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>> You are running which version of macOS?
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> 10.15.7 updated last night.
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>>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:25 AM, Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:32 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban at fiee.net> wrote:
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>>>>> Am 02.02.2021 um 13:20 schrieb Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmaster at gmail.com>:
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>>>>> This might seem like a small issue, but it bothers me because I just can’t find
>>>>> what changed...
>>>>> 
>>>>> It seems the latest security update to macOS has rendered me unable to view the
>>>>> apache manual pages installed on my local webserver. It worked fine before the
>>>>> update, but now when I open up a browser to http://localhost:8080/manual, I get
>>>>> 403 Forbidden, you don’t have permission to access this resource.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I checked my httpd.conf file, and my extra/httpd-manual.conf file which contain the
>>>>> apache directives for viewing and handling the manual pages, but as far as I can tell,
>>>>> nothing changed. It seems apache2 can find the directory, but it now says I don’t
>>>>> have permission to view it? What possibly could have changed?
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>>>> Did you check if Apache is allowed to access (and serve) the folder and files of the manual pages?
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>>> How do I do this?
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>>>> Best, Hraban
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