Re: [boost] [sandbox] need Apache/.htaccess/rsync help

Subject: Re: [boost] [sandbox] need Apache/.htaccess/rsync help
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-15 23:41:03

AMDG

Eric Niebler wrote:
> A bit off-topic, but I don't know who the maintainer of the 
> boost-sandbox project on sourceforge.net is. I use this project to 
> post updated documentation for my boost libraries. (For instance, see 
> <http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/libs/xpressive>.)
>
> Today, I tried to update Proto's docs using a script I wrote for this 
> purpose eons ago:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> rsync --delete --rsh=ssh --recursive html/* 
> eric_niebler,boost-sandbox_at_[hidden]:/home/groups/b/bo/boost-sandbox/htdocs/libs/proto/doc/html 
>
>
> For ages, this has Just Worked, but for some reason, it has recently 
> stopped working. I thought I'd check here before requesting support 
> from SF.net. The behavior I'm now seeing is that I get 403 error for 
> any page in Proto's docs. See:
>
> http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/libs/proto/doc/html/index.html
>
> The error says: "3. Error notes: Server unable to read htaccess file, 
> denying access to be safe"
>
> Wha'? Any help? FYI, here's sf.net's docs on rsync over ssh. From what 
> I can tell, I'm doing everything right:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Rsync%20over%20SSH#ProjectWebuse 
>

The permissions on the html directory appear to be wrong:

drwxrwx--- 8 140343 users            7168 Mar 16 02:38 html

Most other directories appear to be
drwxr-xr-x

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe