AH01797: Client Denied By Server Configuration: /usr/share/doc
Answer : Solution 1: In 2.2, access control based on client hostname, IP address, and other characteristics of client requests was done using the directives Order, Allow, Deny, and Satisfy. In 2.4, such access control is done in the same way as other authorization checks, using the new module mod_authz_host. The old access control idioms should be replaced by the new authentication mechanisms, although for compatibility with old configurations, the new module mod_access_compat is provided. Looks like you've already set the new Require directive, so just remove the deprecated access directives and run sudo service apache2 reload Solution 2: Since some time has passed without any answer, I decided to (partially) answer my own question according to my research so far. Unfortunately, the question why Googlebot and Baiduspider are trying to access the Apache documentation through my server remains unanswered. The /manual/... URLs get mapped to /usr/sh...