View Full Version : getting 403 Forbidden, please help
nhansam
6th April 2004, 05:32 PM
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
How do I enable permission access? Please help
Thanks
ghenry
6th April 2004, 06:04 PM
What url did you enter?
nhansam
6th April 2004, 06:34 PM
I did enter http://loves.sytes.net
Jman
6th April 2004, 10:42 PM
I'm assuming apache web server.
The apache user doesn't have read and execute (enter) status on the directory. To add it: chmod +rx /path/to/web/root Sometimes this happens when apache doesn't own the directory. chown apache:apache /path/to/web/root makes apache own the directory.
(/path/to/web/root is where you put your web documents, typically /var/www/html)
nhansam
7th April 2004, 06:34 AM
Thank you so much. It works now.
Jman
14th April 2004, 03:53 AM
No problem. A webserver is one of the more useful things to do with Fedora. :)
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