Moved /var/sentora to /home/sentora. Created SymbolicLink, now get 403 forbidden.

[web@alderville.ca]

I had Sentora running, with 1 domain, and made sure everything was working. Given the partitioning on the server, the default Sentora directory only had 49GB free, but the /Home has over 300GB free. I moved the /var/sentora directory to /home/sentora. I used "ln -s /home/sentora /var/sentora" to create my Symbolic Link. Now, when I try to browse to the website that was working before the move, I recieve a 403 Forbidden error.

I am assuming there is some simply fix for this, but I'm somewhat new to Linux, so I figured it would be quicker to ask the question. Also, I have an older Zpanel machine, with the same free space issue. My plan is that if I figure this one out, I would do the same to my older box. Thanks in advance...

[web@alderville.ca]

I had Sentora running, with 1 domain, and made sure everything was working. Given the partitioning on the server, the default Sentora directory only had 49GB free, but the /Home has over 300GB free. I moved the /var/sentora directory to /home/sentora. I used "ln -s /home/sentora /var/sentora" to create my Symbolic Link. Now, when I try to browse to the website that was working before the move, I recieve a 403 Forbidden error.

I am assuming there is some simply fix for this, but I'm somewhat new to Linux, so I figured it would be quicker to ask the question. Also, I have an older Zpanel machine, with the same free space issue. My plan is that if I figure this one out, I would do the same to my older box. Thanks in advance...

Here is an update. I found the answer out on my own. I had to go to /home/sentora and run "chmod -R o+x ./" and the forbidden access message is gone.

[TGates]

Good for you! Glad you were able to find the answer to your problem

[web@alderville.ca]

I may have spoke too soon. The website is up and active, however I can't write while FTP'ing into the box. I have some backups that I want to remove, and I get...

COMMAND:> [7/28/2015 2:41:13 PM] DELE nerds_Jul-28-2015_020731.zip
[7/28/2015 2:41:13 PM] 550 nerds_Jul-28-2015_020731.zip: Permission denied
ERROR:>   [7/28/2015 2:41:13 PM] Requested action not taken (e.g., file or directory not found, no access).

I can't send a file (via FTP) either.

I had run (as root)  "chmod -R 775 ./" in my sentora directory, but that still didn't work. When I ran "chmod -R 777 ./" it now works, but I don't think it should be left that way, correct? I don't want to leave some kind of security hole.

[TGates]

Me.B can help you out better with permissions. I do know that if you moved the files directly on the server or using SSH as root that FTP will not have the proper permissions.

[Me.B]

No 777 is okay as long you use PHP as shipped and keep suhosin.

But we should improve it.

M B