How do I access phpmyadmin?

I get a 403 Forbidden when I try to access my phpmyadmin.

I installed it from the repository and choosed apache2 in the installation progress. The symlink phpmyadmin.conf in conf.d to apache.conf in phpmyadmin folder was created successfully.

I didn't change anything in the conf file, so I should actually be able to access it immediately, shouldn't I?

The /usr/share/phpmyadmin folders owner and group is root:root. Is that correct? Should it have root:www-data so the apache can access it? If this is the case, should I recursively change the group to all files in /usr/share/phpmyadmin?

I basically followed this tutorial: http://paynedigital.com/articles/2011/09/setting-up-and-securing-a-phpmyadmin-install-on-ubuntu-10-04

Wipster

Posted 2013-11-25T18:09:58.413

Reputation: 119

Have you read the installation guide for phpmyadmin? – Ramhound – 2013-11-25T19:05:19.840

Several different guides. They all say, after an installation from the repo it should be accessible. – Wipster – 2013-11-25T19:18:24.440

Post your research. Might help if you format your question a little, its sort of hard to read, also helps to know who told you that virtual hosts can be run under a seperate user. – Ramhound – 2013-11-25T19:21:19.143

Answers

Well, in the end I just made a own VirtualHost for pma. Everything worked then. Still thank you very much for your help.

Wipster

Posted 2013-11-25T18:09:58.413

Reputation: 119

The most probable cause of your problem, that apache has no permission to read your phpmyadmin directory, or php file execution isn't set for this directory in apache. In both cases you will need to be able to see that in the apache error.log .

Also you can su to the apache user (probably www-data), and try to get in your phpmyadmin deployment amd read the files. It is a good test to check if it is the problem of your apache permissions.

peterh - Reinstate Monica

Posted 2013-11-25T18:09:58.413

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When su to www-data I can open /usr/share/phpmyadmin/index.php as readonly. Should be sufficient right? In the error.log I get the following message for my requests: "client denied by server configuration: /usr/share/phpmyadmin" – Wipster – 2013-11-26T07:40:58.453

For php called by apache, it is OK if you can "cat" the php files. It is clearly apache config problem (denied by server_configuration): apache could read this, but doesn't do this, because it believes it shouldn't. Next question: upload a simple .txt file into your phpmyadmin deploy directory, and try to get this with a browser! Goes this? If yes, the problem is somewehre in the php settings. If no, the problem is about the general file reading. – peterh - Reinstate Monica – 2013-11-26T11:03:12.263

I can cat as www-data and I can't access a simple .txt file in the same folder as the index.php of pma. So you mean this is probably a problem in the apache2.conf or in the phpmyadmin.conf? – Wipster – 2013-11-26T18:38:16.490