Every time I try to load my site (see sig) I get a 403 error. Can you guys and gals see if it works for you? TIA And thanks to the mod who moved this into the right forum. I wasn't sure exactly where it should go.
What files do you have in your web directory? Do you have index.html or index.php? What are the file permissions on your web directory?
if you have done any modifications to files / folders make sure all your www files / folders have correct ownership / users ( chown ) since changes often are made as root ( or user ) - root files are typically 403 to the world ! also - if on Linux hosting and root server see log files in your bash while testing of following log files tail -f 50 /var/log/warn tail -f 50 /var/log/messages tail -f /var/log/apache2/error_log also TEST your apache configuration using rcapache2 configtest rcapache2 extreme-configtest if ANY changes to apache has been made - make sure to FIRST test your NEW apache global config file using above then RELOAD / or restart your apache using rcapache2 reload rcapache2 restart or modified of course if you use apache 1.3 see also TheBrain's post if no instant solution found then make a test file - any simple html or .txt file to test-load in browser chmod that file cleanly to 644 and chown to the ownership to values common on your hostaccount then test load in browser if you need MORE help pls give FULL details operating system file extentions of normal content server ( apache 2.x OR what ? ) root server or managed server or regular shared hosting account SSH access did same site work before and what did u change since then ?? etc - the more details you give the less guesswork is needed and the more precise the possible help
Are all your sites on the server like this? If they are then you may have not configure apache to have permission to run documents in the file path. Otherwise use chmod and chown to make sure the www user has permission. Just try 777 then change it to 755 (or 775 if private server) for security. so in short: ssh your server login and enter chmod -R 775 website_file_path check webpage. then chown -R your_user filepath Should work otherwise look at the post above or post back your results.
Thanks for your help everybody. The problem was that I was trying to switch from one hosting account to another with the same host and they gave me bad information. Basically everything they told me to do was wrong, and I ended up being down for over 2 days as a result. I figured this was the problem, but part of their instructions was to modify the host file on my comp to point the domain to the new IP and make sure it was working. It wasn't, so I deleted the entry... only it still wasn't working. I pointed the host to the old IP and it worked fine, but then deleted the line again so I wouldn't be looking at the wrong IP down the line. Deleting the line once again got me the 403 error, so I just wanted to make sure that the errors I was recieving was actually due to problems with my site and not just with my computer. Thanks again for your help.