Hi. I've just installed apache and php from sources using next commands:

./configure --prefix="/mnt/workspace/servers/web/apache-2.2.17" \
  --enable-info --enable-rewrite --enable-usertrack --enable-mime-magic

for apache and

./configure --with-apxs2=/mnt/workspace/servers/web/apache-2.2.17/bin/apxs \
  --prefix=/mnt/workspace/servers/web/apache-2.2.17/php \
  --with-config-file-path=/mnt/workspace/servers/web/apache-2.2.17/php \
  --with-mysql=mysqlnd

for php. After adjusting configuration (httpd.conf) and starting apache it gives a 403 response on http://localhost:8060/index.html (presuming that 8060 is used) request.

There are next directory settings in httpd.conf:

<Directory "/mnt/workspace/servers/web/apache-2.2.17/htdocs">
...
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
...
</Directory>

<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>

It should be noted that I've got apache on a mounted (default auto mount configured while installing ubuntu) partition.

Log Files

Access log:

::1 - - [12/Feb/2011:17:48:30 +0200] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 202
::1 - - [12/Feb/2011:17:48:31 +0200] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 403 213
::1 - - [12/Feb/2011:17:48:48 +0200] "GET /index.html HTTP/1.1" 403 212
::1 - - [12/Feb/2011:17:48:48 +0200] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 403 213
::1 - - [12/Feb/2011:17:49:03 +0200] "GET /index.html HTTP/1.1" 403 212
::1 - - [12/Feb/2011:17:49:03 +0200] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 403 213

Error log:

[Sat Feb 12 18:59:13 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.17 (Unix) PHP/5.3.5 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Feb 12 18:59:22 2011] [error] [client ::1] (13)Permission denied: access to / denied
[Sat Feb 12 18:59:22 2011] [error] [client ::1] (13)Permission denied: access to /favicon.ico denied
[Sat Feb 12 18:59:36 2011] [error] [client ::1] (13)Permission denied: access to /index.html denied