PHPS source file - 403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource-CodePudding

Hi I am trying to view a .PHPS source file on Ubuntu 20.04.3 Apache 2.4.41 PHP 7 server but when I view the .phps file in the browser I get this message -

403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource.

If I rename the file type to .txt I can view the file fine in the browser.

I’ve added the following to .htaccess -

<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>
        
RewriteRule (.*\.php)s$ $1 [H=application/x-httpd-php-source]

And I tried adding that to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/demo.testsite.com-le-ssl.conf but it didn’t work.

I then updated this file /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.3.conf and commented out Require all denied and also added Order Deny,Allow and Deny from all -

<FilesMatch ". \.phps$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
    # Deny access to raw php sources by default
    # To re-enable it's recommended to enable access to the files
    # only in specific virtual host or directory
    #Require all denied
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

I then restarted apache sudo service apache2 restart and I still get this message in the browser when viewing the PHPS file -

403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource.

Has anyone got any idea how to fix?

CodePudding user response：

Apache 2.4 has deprecated the Allow,Deny syntax. Replace

Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all

with

Require all granted

and then restart Apache.

Edited to add: Even when you're using the Allow,Deny syntax, Deny from all without an Allow statement later would, as you'd expect, deny all access to the resource in question.

References

Apache 2.4 access control docs