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

[Carlo Tambuatco]

> On Feb 2, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Marius Schamschula <lists at schamschula.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 

in httpd.conf

LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache2/mod_negotiation.so

is uncommented.




>> 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:
>>> 
>>> Let’s step back one step.
>>> 
>>> You are running which version of macOS?
>> 
>> 
>> 10.15.7 updated last night.
>> 
>> 
>>>> 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:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 02.02.2021 um 13:20 schrieb Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmaster at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Did you check if Apache is allowed to access (and serve) the folder and files of the manual pages?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> How do I do this?
>>>> 
>>>>> Best, Hraban
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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