Strange Webserver Problem

I just installed OpenSuse 10.2 on a new machine, and am in the process
of moving everything over from my old machine (Slackware 10.2).
Everything is ALMOST working, except for a problem with public_html.

In my home directory, I have a public_html directory. When I pull it
up in a browser, it works just fine.

One of my users also has a public_html, but when I try to pull it up
in a browser, I get a 403 error, and /var/log/apache2/error_log says
"client denied by server configuration: /home/<otheruser>". It doesn't
say "/home/<otheruser>/public_html" which I thought it would.

If I rename my public_html directory and run as root:
`cp -a /home/<otheruser>/public_html /home/<me>/public_html`
then when I pull up mine, I see my user's page. So it can't be a
permissions problem. (I checked all the permissions anyway, and they
all looked fine.)

The only difference I can find is the length of the user names. Mine is
8 characters, the user's is 15 characters. I wouldn't think that should
make a difference, but it's the only thing I can find.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
john
.

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