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What is the error? 403 forbidden you don`t have permissions to access/ index.html on this server?

Hi when i am trying to install & configure Apache 2.2.3 in my linux VM it is showing an error 403 forbidden you don`t have permissions to access/ index.html on this server ? Can u plz tell me solution & description of that error?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    This particular error: "You don't have permission to access /index.html on this server." Can happen if the permissions on the index.html file are not set correctly. By default, Apache will install this file with permissions of 644 a.k.a. "-rw-r--r--" and an ownership of root:root or nobody:nobody. Check to see if this is the case.

    You may also want to ensure that the directory permissions for your DocumentRoot are correct. Typically, an out of the box Apache install will want these to be 655 or "drw-r-xr-x".

    The final thing to check would be your configuration directives within the apache config file.

    For apache2 this would most likely be in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default or similar.

    Ensure that you have the "allow from all" directive in your document root. It should look something like this.

    <Directory /var/www/>

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    AllowOverride None

    Order allow,deny

    allow from all

    </Directory>

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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  • 4 years ago

    Others have reported comparable subject concerns in the Yahoo products type besides as on the suggestion Board dialogue board. YA group reported that it recognized to be a server concern. attempt clearing out your browser cache to work out if that enables, it may additionally be by using a bad or corrupted cookie.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    check your permissions... is /home/domain/www readable by apache? Also, is the server & virtHost name really wild-carded? This may be a problem... I usually specify (e.g. for domains I use locally <VitualHost 127.0.0.1:80> (also match <NameVitualHost 127.0.0.1:80> )

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