permisions

Unix Permisions: How do groups work in Unix

This is probably a dup (but did not find it..) When you type ls -l in unix you get output like this: % ls -l total 48 -rwxr--r-- ... change* -rwxrwxrwx ... checkVersion* -rwx------ ... info* I know that the first group of rwx sets the users permisions and the last group sets "everyone else's" permisions. I think that the secon...

How do I change apache2 DocumentRoot (default snow leopard install) and not get "You don't have permission to access / on this server."

I'm trying to point DocumentRoot at a directory in my user folder. While I can happily point DocumentRoot at /Library/WebServer/Documents and ~/Sites I keep getting "You don't have permission to access / on this server." when I point it anywhere else. OK, I just found a solution mid-question (stack overflow is just that good) by changin...