Bug#777717: apache2-mpm-prefork: "Permission denied" on unexistent .htaccess

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

On Wednesday 11 February 2015 20:19:41, Victor Porton wrote:
> It produces errors like the following on unexistent .htaccess files.
> There should be no such message.
> 
> [Wed Feb 11 20:05:51 2015] [crit] [client 220.181.108.140]
> (13)Permission denied:
> /var/www/theses/web/sites/all/modules/ctools/.htaccess
> pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is
> readable, referer: http://theses.portonvictor.org/node/776

This ususally happens if one of the parent directories of the  
.htaccess file lacks the permission for the www-data. Please check if 
that is your problem.