Access forbidden Error 403

Question

I am really close to having a meltdown here. I did a fresh install of XAMPP because of some trouble with starting MySQL database. The fresh install fixed that problem, but now I cant access localhost/project1.

The folder is placed in the htdocs folder and I just get the "Access forbidden!" message when I try to access it in my browser. I've spent 5 hours on this now and getting pretty pretty pretty desperate. All I want is to finish my assignment. Can anyone help me? Feels like I've tried EVERYTHING. Why is this even a problem?

Answer 1

I think this is also one way for rectifying Access forbidden Error 403 . Please Follow these steps.

First Process:-

Step 1:-

• Goto \\XAMPP\\apache\\conf\\extra\\httpd-vhosts.conf file.
• And change this file as

 <VirtualHost *:8001> ServerAdmin "webmaster@dummy-host2.example.com" DocumentRoot "D:\\XAMPP\\htdocs\\xyz" ServerName "localhost:8001" <Directory "D:\\XAMPP\\htdocs\\xyz"> Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> Note:-xyz is a project name. 

Step 2:-

• Goto \\XAMPP\\apache\\conf\\httpd.conf file and chenge

  Listen 8001 and ServerName localhost:8001

Restart your xampp and i think now everything is fine.

Note:-(Url:- localhost:8001/xyz)

Second Process:-

Step 1:-

• Change \\XAMPP\\apache\\conf\\extra\\httpd-xampp.conf .
• In New XAMPP security concept of this code replace this below code

  # # New XAMPP security concept # <LocationMatch “^/(?i:(?:xampp|security|licenses|phpmyadmin|webalizer|server-status|server-info))”> Order deny,allow Allow from all Allow from ::1 127.0.0.0/8 ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var </LocationMatch> 

Answer 2

Open your terminal and go to htdocs folder or try below command

$ cd /opt/lampp/htdocs/

and then give 777 permission to your project folder:

$ chmod 777 -R [foldername]

It works for me, If you have any question, I will be happy to revert them.