forbidden in public_html
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Dan
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Hello superman,
Is this after you've uploaded files or are you trying to browse the directory?
If it's after uploading files make sure you've uploaded them using the correct account (not root) so that they are owned by the correct user.
If you're trying to browse the directory, if I remember, cPanel defaults to directory browsing off. If you want to be able to do so then there should be a switch in WHM to turn it back on.
Additionally you can take a look at the Apache error log which should be at /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log.
Hope that helps!
Is this after you've uploaded files or are you trying to browse the directory?
If it's after uploading files make sure you've uploaded them using the correct account (not root) so that they are owned by the correct user.
If you're trying to browse the directory, if I remember, cPanel defaults to directory browsing off. If you want to be able to do so then there should be a switch in WHM to turn it back on.
Additionally you can take a look at the Apache error log which should be at /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log.
Hope that helps!
Dan
Moderator
Hi superman,
That's actually a different error than you would get if directory listing were not allowed. The error for indexes would be similar to this: Directory index forbidden by Options directive.
Here is how to check for indexes: In the domain's cPanel go to the Advanced section and go to Index Manager. In there select Public_html then select what type of indexing you want. This simply modifies the .htaccess file which you can of course do manually as well.
However as I said before you seem to be getting a different error. Do you have mod_evasive installed? It has been known to cause errors like that to sometimes occur and then others not.
That's actually a different error than you would get if directory listing were not allowed. The error for indexes would be similar to this: Directory index forbidden by Options directive.
Here is how to check for indexes: In the domain's cPanel go to the Advanced section and go to Index Manager. In there select Public_html then select what type of indexing you want. This simply modifies the .htaccess file which you can of course do manually as well.
However as I said before you seem to be getting a different error. Do you have mod_evasive installed? It has been known to cause errors like that to sometimes occur and then others not.