Apache2 virtualhost 403 forbidden?

I'm running ubuntu 13.04 64bit on my desktop, I installed Apache2, MySQL and PHP etc. I wanted to have my web root in `/home/afflicto/public_html` instead of `/var/www`. So I went along with this guide: http://www.maketecheasier.com/install-and-configure-apache-in-ubuntu/2011/03/09 (I did everything from "configuring different sites") as I like the solution more. Here's what I did: Installed Apache2, MySQL etc.. copied `/etc/apache2/sites-avaliable/default` to `/etc/apache2/sites-available/afflicto`. Then edited it, it now looks like the following: /etc/apache2/sites-available/afflicto ``` <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /home/afflicto/public_html <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> <Directory /home/afflicto/public_html/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. LogLevel warn CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost> ``` I did `sudo a2dissite default && sudo a2ensite afflicto && sudo service apache2 restart` I created a `index.php` and `index.html` in `/home/afflicto/public_html/test/` when accessing `localhost/test` or `localhost/test/index.html` etc, I get 403 forbidden error. What am I doing wrong? update 1 I have set the owner of the public_html directory to `www-data`. Also `sudo chmod -R +x public_html && sudo chmod -R 777 public_html` Still same 403 error. Here's the output of the apache error log: ``` [Sun Jul 14 06:10:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to / denied [Sun Jul 14 06:10:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to /favicon.ico denied ```