[horde] Error after upgrading from RC2 to FINAL

[Michael Rubinsky]

Quoting Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:

> Very strange, the 403 Permission Denied error I get when accessing
> http://$SERVERIP/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
>
> is documented in the apache error log and it says:
>
> [Sat Apr 09 13:25:41 2011] [error] [client 192.168.0.106] client
> denied by server configuration: /var/www/htdocs/horde4/rpc.php
>
> I tried to change the permissions of rpc.php with chmod +x but no success...
>
> I believe this might be related to my problem. ?!

Yes. This is almost certainly an apache configuration error. You will  
have to double check your httpd.conf file and/or .htaccess files.  
Though I'm not sure off hand why Horde, itself, is working correctly  
for you.


> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> wrote:
>> Quoting Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Mmm I seems to get stuck on this active sync thing...
>>>
>>> Horde resides in /var/www/htdocs/horde4/
>>>
>>> Horde is configured as this:
>>>
>>> ActiveSync: enabled
>>> State Storage Settings:   horde_activesync_device
>>> Name of table to hold device information:      horde_activesync_state
>>> Name of table to hold state data:     horde_activesync_map
>>> Name of table to hold mapping data for device-sent changes:
>>> horde_activesync_device_users
>>>
>>> In /etc/httpd/httpd.conf I put:
>>> Alias /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync /var/www/htdocs/horde4/rpc.php
>>>
>>> The mod_ssl module was commented out and I LEFT commented.
>>>
>>> On the iPhone, I created a new account, selected Microsoft Exchange
>>> and configured as this:
>>>
>>> email: lp.allard.1 at gmail.com (btw its also my username in Horde)
>>> Domain: left blank
>>> Username: my horde username (my email)
>>> Password: my horde password
>>>
>>> Click Next
>>>
>>> I am presented with a new field to fill out, called the server.  I
>>> entered the address of my horde server. From my machines on my local
>>> network, I can access Horde using
>>>
>>> http://$SERVERIP/horde4/login.php
>>>
>>> SO I entered
>>>
>>> http://$SERVERIP/
>>>
>>> in my iPhone and Clicked Next.  The iPhone said: "Exchange Account -
>>> Unable to Verify account information"
>>>
>>> Then I ignored this error, clicked Next and came back in the config to
>>> disable the SSL option.  I get the same error....
>>>
>>> Obviously I am missing something...
>>
>> Things to consider:
>>
>> (1) Make sure the Alias rule is in the correct place in httpd.conf, taking
>> into account virtual hosts etc... you can verify the alias works by going
>> directly to the Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync address in the browser. You
>> should get an error message about accessing the activesync url directly in a
>> browser.
>>
>> (2) Make sure Apache was reloaded/restarted after making the change.
>>
>> (3) Is the iPhone using wifi or it's 3G connection? You are using the server
>> IP, if this is a private IP, it will only work if using WiFi.
>>
>> If none of the above tips help, check the horde logs for errors. If nothing
>> interesting in the horde log then we will need you to enable activesync
>> logging (see the wiki page), obtain the log along with a wireshark trace of
>> the network conversation between device and server and post back to us.
>>
>>>
>>> Any idea would be appreciated!!!
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not very good with Apache, just beginning...  I figured you're
>>>>> right.  I forgot to add a redirect as per the wikipage:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Next, you will need to configure your webserver to redirect the URL
>>>>> /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync to your horde/rpc.php file. How you do
>>>>> this depends on your webserver and it's configuration. For Apache,
>>>>> something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync /var/www/horde/rpc.php"
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using Apache but unsure where to add this redirect.  In
>>>>> httpd.conf?  If so, where in this file?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, httpd.conf will work. If you have multiple virtual hosts defined,
>>>> then
>>>> put it inside the vhost that Horde is on. Otherwise, anywhere in the file
>>>> should work.
>>>>
>>>> -chuck
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>>
>>
>> --mike
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