title: Apache 13 permission denied in user's home directory
body: <p>My friend's website was working fine until he moved the document root from <code>/var/www/xxx</code> to <code>/home/user/xxx</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Apache gives 13 permission denied error messages when we try to access the site via a web browser.</p>
  
  <p>The site is configured as a virtual directory. All the Apache configurations were unchanged <em>(except for the directory change)</em>. </p>
  
  <p>We tried to <code>chmod 777 /home/user/xxx</code>, chown apache /home/user/xxx. But they didn't work.</p>
  
  <p>Is there some kind of security feature set on the user's home directories? The server OS is CentOS (Godaddy VPS).</p>
  
  <p>Any help is appreciated!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>