Comments on: Apache 403 Forbidden Error and Solution

By: ktbiz

ktbiz — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:34:33 +0000

If you’ve set up the alias correctly and your permissions are okay and you’re STILL getting a forbidden error when you try to access your file, I may have the solution for you. Your operating system may be running SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) which could limit your permissions to files beyond the normal linux protection mechanisms. To test, run the command “setenforce 0″ to set SELinux to permissive mode, then try again. This fixed a problem for me that I had been struggling with for quite a while.

By: RG

RG — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:14:54 +0000

Curious behaviour in apache for windows (2.2.16), without “\” ending the directory in an Alias I get a 403, added to the path and then everything’s ok…

By: Dhananjay

Dhananjay — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:20:27 +0000

Sir, i have a problem in my cell Nokia- C5 that whenever i use to download any video .After 1 or 2 minute there occurs error code 403 forbidden and downloading fails.plz suggest me what i have to do.

By: j

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:16:12 +0000

Thanks, very helpful i only needed to read the first couple of paragraphs to have my problem solved.

By: rob Alferink

rob Alferink — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:05:25 +0000

hi i was successfully on website then suddenly bounced off was just lurking for several hours,the little login box would not let me log back in i tried clearing cookies no luck can you help me get reconnected tanxxxxx

By: Eran

Eran — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:58:03 +0000

Thanks for the tips.

Eventually what solved the problem for me was changing permission within the .htaccess file which was located in my root directory (www).
I installed Apache server on Windows XP. When I connected as localhost everything worked fine. When I tried to connect through another browser using the IP address, I got an error message
“403 Forbidden You don’t have permission to access / on this server.”
Changing the permissions within the .htaccess file from “Deny from all” to “Allow from all” did the trick.

Thanks.

By: Bart

Bart — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:21:34 +0000

thx, you made my day!

By: Tom N

Tom N — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:15:11 +0000

I found that the default security in version 2.2 and beyond does not include the localhost directory. (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs) You need to add a setting allowing scripts run from this directory (This is so Stupid!)

what to do:
Version 2.2 also changed some of the default security configuration parameters. To set things up the way you’ll need them, you’ll need to add the following block to either your httpd.conf file, just above the virtual hosts, or to your httpd-vhosts.conf file:

Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all

Do this for any directory you setup using Virtual hosts as well. Just change the directory and leave everything else alone.

By: Sam Tuke

Sam Tuke — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:30:42 +0000

SELinux is also a very likely culprit on RHEL/CentOS systems.

See: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=243271.0

Try this command:

chcon -R -h -t httpd_sys_content_t /web/directory/

By: afzal

afzal — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:37:56 +0000

You don’t have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

By: afzal

afzal — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:33:45 +0000

my web is showing forbiden error403

By: varnikhaa

varnikhaa — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:12:58 +0000

please help me how to login this web page.

By: chy

chy — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:43:57 +0000

delete the file name .htaccess
it can solve your problem (just for a while)

By: mike

mike — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:03:17 +0000

im still having this error. I dont understand how to fix this. Can someone help me through teamviewer?

By: alex

alex — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:58:46 +0000

help problema 403 after install csf firewall,
remove but problem no resolve

By: philip

philip — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:49:34 +0000

Recently I often receive on my e-mail a mail from (same) person. I know this person ,(my sister in law)
The message sais “HTTP 403 Forbidden. I am sure she is not sending me any XSXX or something like that.
What can I do to get rid of that? Her e-mails are coming from her to sevreal other people.

By: nan

nan — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:30:19 +0000

Thank you so much! This is the only answer I’ve found in my 2 hours of searching that actually helped to solve my problem

By: Nikayla

Nikayla — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:00:57 +0000

Hi there..

can support for my problem?
I got error 403 after file chmod permission on my ftp site
and I cant fix this

helppp…..

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:55:52 +0000

Pls can somebody help me out,I am working with my server but I dont know how it turned back 2 tell me that I forbiden from hph that 403 error forbidden additionally i am tryin 2 use error document.Pls what do that mean.And have exam today I need browse it out.Pls i beg 4 ur urgent aid

By: koby

koby — Mon, 30 May 2011 04:35:40 +0000

It refers to unix/linux users… which you apparently not one..