Changing document root issue

[slipsy]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	AlmaLinux 9.3
Webmin version	2.105
Usermin version	2.005
Virtualmin version	7.9.0
Theme version	21.09.5
Package updates	All installed packages are up to date

I have tried changing the document root of a virtual server via a template and by httpd.conf
After restarting apache the edit virtual server the path seems correct.
I have checked the directory ownership and made sure the web root is 0750 as per nomral public_html.
Whatever I do I get forbidden error.

[shillongserver]

Check the discussion here:

CHange defulat DocumentRoot Help

I’ve searched the forums and haven’t found the answer… so hopefully someone can help. How do I change the default DocumentRoot location when creating a new Virtual Domain. It defaults of course to / home/*/public_html And I would like to change this to something like /home/*/public_html/cms or some similar change. I have changed over to Ubuntu which is a Debian foundation, and it is somewhat different that the RedHat/Apache structure I am more familiar with… Help anyone? drhiii

[Joe]

There are newer discussions of the topic, and my general recommendation is “don’t”, as folks rarely understand the implications and tend to get themselves into messes when trying to change stuff like this.

@slipsy, you need to look at the error log to understand what’s actually happening. The browser doesn’t really get useful information.

I think we probably need to see specific configuration and paths to make any useful recommendations. You can change DocumentRoot. It isn’t magic and is not specific to Virtualmin (Apache is Apache whether it is managed by Virtualmin or not). So, since it isn’t working, you’re doing something wrong, but I can’t guess what without any specific information.