FORBIDDEN!

[ruben]

Howdy,

I'm installing on a new site and when I try to go to mysite.com/mail....I get FORBIDDEN - You don't have permission to access /mail on this server...Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I am certain that my config.php database info is correct.

What else could be the problem???

Thanks for any and all help

[DW]

It's possible that your host does not allow 'index.php' as the 'index' file for the folder.  You can try adding a file named .htaccess to your folder containing the following:

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DirectoryIndex index.php

If the server supports PHP but does not support the index you might also have success browsing directly to the file index.php or login.php.

Regards

[ruben]

Changing the .htaccess to:  "DirectoryIndex index.php"  did the trick

But...does this now open the opportunity for hackers :shock:

Thanks!

[DW]

No it does not open an opportunity for hackers.  Most hosts have this index set server-wide by default.  It causes the server to automatically load index.php when you browse to a folder without a filename.  The index.php file could be browsed to and executed regardless of this setting.

Regards, DW