Permission denied: /var/www/abc/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable?

Question

Hi all I'm using PHP for my website and ubuntu linux on my system. I got the above error in error.log file of apache, even after configurating everything properly. I did a lot of research on this but couldn't be able to resolve the issue. Can anyone please help me in this reagard? Following is my .htaccess file in abc directory. Can anyone please help me in this regard?

# -FrontPage-  IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*  <Limit GET POST> order deny,allow deny from all allow from all </Limit> <Limit PUT DELETE> order deny,allow deny from all </Limit> AuthName abc.org AuthUserFile /home/abc/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd AuthGroupFile /home/abc/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp Options -Indexes  RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^alumni$ alumni.php RewriteRule ^student$ student.php RewriteRule ^view_alumni_article/view/([0-9]+)$ view_alumni_article.php?op=view&article_id=$1 

Answer 1

Make sure that the htaccess file is readable by apache:

chmod 644 /var/www/abc/.htaccess  

And make sure the directory it's in is readable and executable:

chmod 755 /var/www/abc/