403 error in Apache

watcher69b · 05-26-2008, 08:30 AM

I am getting this when tying to access any pages below my index.html
/var/www/html/index.html
/var/www/html/Folder/folder.html

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /Folder/folder.html on this server.

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Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at myurl.bob.com Port 80

any ideas???
Thanks
~N

fatra2 · 05-26-2008, 08:55 AM

Hi there,

Simple question, but my first idea would be to check what are the permission of the files you are trying to access. For a website, if you want the world to be able to read them, make sure that the files have a read permission in the last group.

Try something like

chmod 744 /var/html/*

Cheers

watcher69b · 05-26-2008, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatra2

chmod 744 /var/html/*

It works now
(Man i feel like a dumb@$$)
thank you for the help!

fatra2 · 05-27-2008, 08:13 AM

Hi there,

Glad to be of any help. This is one of the great things of forums like this one. Sometimes, in a problem, you think from noon to five o'clock for the solution, while it's right under your nose.

I was in the same situation many times.

Cheers