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Syntax error on line 293 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: DocumentRoot must be a directory
Posted: 26 Apr 2012, 22:41pm - Thursday

Fixing the error 

Syntax error on line 293 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: DocumentRoot must be a directory
I already encounter this problem few years back yet I forgot the solution. As you know, its a basic thing to do that we will set users home and its directories right? And I'm done with it. yet the error keeps coming when restarting Apache. 
[root@localhost ~]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd:                                            [FAILED]
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 293 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot must be a directory
                                                           [FAILED]
This is actually the SELINUX causing this error. After you change the following; 
[root@localhost home]# chmod 711 user
[root@localhost home]# chmod 755 user/public_html
You should disabled your SELINUX. In CentOS 5.2, you can simply type "setup", go to Firewall Configuration and select SELinux: Disabled But in CentOS 6.2, you can't find it at "setup", edit the file /etc/selinux/config and change the following from: 
# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
#     enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
#     permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
#     disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=enforcing
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
#     targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
#     mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
to 
# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
#     enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
#     permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
#     disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
#SELINUX=enforcing
SELINUX=disabled
# SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values:
#     targeted - Targeted processes are protected,
#     mls - Multi Level Security protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
Then reboot your machine/box! That's it! It should be working fine... You can use paths in users home. :)

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