Error 403

  • I have just reinstalled WordPress and when I click to visit site I get the following error message.

    Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/ on this server.

    Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
    Apache Server at jfdewey.com Port 80

    I even requested an email and when I click on the admin url hyperlink I get the same message.

    Any suggestion please???

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Something is locking you out. Access your site via FTP and check the permissions of the /wp-admin/ directory. All directories should be 755 and all files should be 644.

    If that doesn’t work, then you might have a .htaccess file in /wp-admin/ or your blog directory that is not allowing your IP address to access it.

    Thread Starter chinajoe

    (@chinajoe)

    Thanks for your quick reply.

    I have checked several directories and files and the are sett as you stated.

    I have 3 htt access files, they are
    .htaccess
    .htaccess-old
    .htaccess.htm

    the first one reads as follows.

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    Any suggestions. I have reinstalled wordpress 3 times with the same error.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    That seems to be fine. I can’t think of anything else that could be issuing a 403 like that. You might want to check with your hosting provider’s support department.

    Thread Starter chinajoe

    (@chinajoe)

    I will do that now, thanks again for the help.

    Joe

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