Initial setup problem OpenSUSE version: Cyclic link

[Klaus Vink Slott]

Hi and thanks for looking into this!

On 2. May 2008 Richard Bos wrote:
> Op Friday 02 May 2008 17:17:26 schreef Klaus Vink Slott:
> > On 30. April 2008 I wrote:
> > > I have the same problem as described by John at Thu Apr 10 11:52:25 on
> > > this list: "Cyclic link when trying to start web interface"
> >
> > After having fumbled around somewhat I have some success if I adjust the
> > php include_path to
> > ".:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:/usr/share/php5/Smarty/:/etc/kola
> >b/"
>
> What did you add?  Was it the /etc/kolab?

The original line was:
include_path = ".:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR"
.. I added 2 path ':/usr/share/php5/Smarty/:/etc/kolab/'

> > It is now possible to access the admin page if I write the full path to
> > the admin pages. This is somewhat confusing as the bootstrap script
> > finishes off by telling me to go to https://server.domain/kolab - but on
> > my system I have to go to https://server.domain/kolab/admin to avoid a
> > cyclic link. apache error logs:
> >  Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /srv/www/htdocs/kolab/
> >
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>
> Aaii, about a month ago we changed the path from
> /srv/www/htdocs/kolab/admin to /srv/www/htdocs/kolab/
> This looks like the cause of the problem.
but my kolab installed 3 days ago from suse buildservice with everything 
(except favicon.ico) below /srv/www/htdocs/kolab/admin/ ?

> Can you remove 
> the /srv/www/htdocs/kolab/ from the apache configuration file
> /etc/apache2/conf.d/kolab.conf
>
> I think that this piece of code is the problem:
> <Location "/kolab">
>     ErrorDocument 403 https://.......com/kolab/
> </Location>
>
> What happens if you remove that?
If the 3 shown lines is # out the cyclic link is gone and I get an 
instant "Access forbidden!". The error log shows a single:
Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /srv/www/htdocs/kolab/

-- 
Regards
Klaus Vink Slott