[support] 403 Forbidden error when using multiple sites, one drupal

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> On 14 Sep 2006, at 12:58, Jody Cleveland wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to setup my drupal installation to have multiple sites. So,
>> in my sites directory, I copied the default directory as
>> menashalibrary.org. I created a new database for that site, and
>> modified
>> the settings.php file in the menashalibrary.org directory to point to
>> the database. But, when I go to the url for the site:
>> http://www.wals.lib.wi.us/drupal/sites/menashalibrary.org
>> I get a 403 forbidden error.
>>
>> Looking at my server logs, I get this:
>> [error] [client 172.30.2.145] Directory index forbidden by rule:
>> /var/www/html/drupal/sites/menashalibrary.org/
>
>
> Requesting http://www.wals.lib.wi.us/drupal/sites/menashalibrary.org
> is asking drupal to serve you the default file in the /drupal/sites/
> menashalibrary.org directory on http://www.wals.lib.wi.us, not the
> site menashalibrary.org.
>
> Apache is returning a forbidden error because the default index file
> is set in the .htaccess to be index.php but the only file in that
> directory is settings.php.
>
> To have multiple sites working you need to set up the domain
> menashalibrary.org in Apache and set the DocumentRoot to your drupal
> install, in addition to setting up the database and settings.php.
>
> Hope that makes sense *:)
>
> G.
>
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