Solution for Apache - 403 Forbidden Error

[Vivek Khare <vk_khare@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

You have used linuxconf to configure Apache that's why this error is generated. Now you open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
And look for the entry <Files ~> replace this entry with <Files ~ "^.\ht"> and you won't get 403 Forbidden Error.

But if you use linuxconf again this error will come again, because of some bug in Linuxconf.

Enjoy the solution
Vivek Khare
PS: In my case this solution has worked for 13 -14 times, hope it will solve your problem too

Vipul Mathur wrote:

> Hey pai, nice to hear from you after a long pause. Where have you been?
>
> Thanx for the reply, raju's solution worked.
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 09:35:12AM +0518, M.K.Pai wrote:
> > Howdy Vipul,
> >
> > > Now I am using RH 6.2 and the standard apache build. I have followed the steps outlined in apache manual, but it still does not work. I always get a "403 forbidden" error.
> > >
> >
> > Is there an index.html in the userdir ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -- Pai
>
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