Laravel 4 - 403 Permissions error when trying to access css/js files

Question

I'm running on an Ubuntu 13.10 dev environment with Apache2 and after hours of trying to figure out permission errors to access routes, I was able to fix it. Now I can successfully browse through my application, but the problem that now exists is that I cannot access my css/js files within my public directory - it kicks back with a 403.

I've tried modifying the .htaccess file, the virtual host config file, and ran chmod on the entire site directory.

Here's a copy of my .htaccess file within the Public folder:

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
    </IfModule>

And here's a copy of my virtual host file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/home/casey/Sites/caseyhoffmann.me/public"
ServerName caseyhoffmann.me.dev
<Directory "/home/casey/Sites/caseyhoffmann.me/public/">
    AllowOverride all
    Require all granted
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
    Options -MultiViews
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Any ideas?

cshoffie · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-27 03:12:13Z

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Solved. Reapplied chown and redid chmod on the directory. File system permissions issue and had nothing to do with Apache.

answered Oct 27, 2013 at 3:12

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Janaka R Rajapaksha Over a year ago

If you notice what were the correct permissions, it will be helpful to others.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-26 11:49:11Z

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Solution 1: (Recommended)

use absolute path in your css, js, images files rather than a relative one. Which means you have to make sure path of these files start either with http:// or a slash /.

Solution 2:

You can try adding this in your page's header:

<base href="/" />

answered Oct 26, 2013 at 11:49

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cshoffie Over a year ago

I'm using Laravel's HTML helper class which outputs the absolute path: HTML::style('css/bootstrap-flatly.min.css') This translates into this: <link media="all" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="localhost/css/bootstrap-flatly.min.css"> in the source.

anubhava Over a year ago

In that case css URL won't be impacted since you have RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f in your rule.

cshoffie Over a year ago

So you're saying that I shouldn't use that? I'm a bit confused.

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