Apache+php doesn't open php script from certain directory

Question

I have two directories in /var/www:

root@user:/var/www# ls -l
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root      4096 Июл 14 17:59 first
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root      4096 Июл 14 18:00 second

with exactly the same php scripts:

root@user:/var/www# ls -l first/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Июл 14 16:37 info.php

root@user:/var/www# ls -l second/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Июл 14 16:37 info.php

info.php:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

But from the first/ directory Apache opens script, from the second/ pulls error:

( ! ) Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0

( ! ) Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0

( ! ) Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/var/www/second/info.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in Unknown on line 0

What can be a reason?

Directory config:

DocumentRoot "/var/www"

<Directory "/var/www">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
</Directory>

Answer 1

You need to change the owner of the two folders from 'root' to apache.

Try sudo chown -R [yourusername]:www-data /var/www

This should help.