Whats wrong with my website 403 error

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by EdenEvoX, Feb 28, 2013.

  1. #1
    Hey guys,

    My website has been down for most of the day and i keep getting this on my browser.
    "Forbidden
    You don't have permission to access / on this server.
    Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

    So i logged into my cpanel then looked at my file manager and i could not access public_html. I even tried to change the permissions but that wouldnt work due to insufficient permissions (even though i am the admin).

    Could this be a server issue? I have send a support ticket to my hosting provider but I have not yet received a reply.

    What could be the problem?

    Thank you for your reply my website is www.edenevox.com
     
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    EdenEvoX, Feb 28, 2013 IP
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    It's definitely a permission issue, as stated in that error message. The real question is permission for which folder/file?
    As account owner you should be able to change permission for public_html . I believe that by default public_html has 750 permission.

    Additionally it could be a file/folder ownership issue as well. public_html folder should be owned by user.nobody (in the case apache runs as nobody user, which is a default setting on whm/cpanel server).
     
    pr0t0n, Feb 28, 2013 IP
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    EdenEvoX Active Member

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    thanks for your reply it was a permission problem, my bad really i was trying to do it through filezilla however i done it through cpanel to make it work after noticing that the permissions were on 000, also thank you for the chmod 750 tip i almost used 755 :)
     
    EdenEvoX, Feb 28, 2013 IP