Try changing permissions on the smd directory (and smd/public_html if 
necessary) with 'chmod 755 smd', provided you're willing to let all users 
read the smd directory.

Steven Yellin

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Dr. Sunil M. Dogra wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thank you for reply,
>
>
> I changed /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf accordingly but still have permission
> problem. Any help ?
>
> drwx--x--x 56 smd      smd       4096 Nov 19 12:18 smd
>
> #UserDir disable
>
> UserDir public_html
>
> that means it should look for /home/smd/public_html/index.html
>
> but even then It gave following error
> Forbidden
>
> You don't have permission to access /~smd/ on this server.
>
> With Best Regards
> sunil
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Steven J. Yellin
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>>    See comments and other lines around every reference to "UserDir" in
>> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.
>>
>> Steven Yellin
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Dr. Sunil M. Dogra wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>> May be a easy question.
>>>
>>> I have web-server  and now would like to create users so that they have
>>> personal pages like
>>>
>>> http://www.myserver.com/~user
>>>
>>> Please suggest ?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> With best Regards
>>> sunil
>>>
>>>
>