HTTP 403 Forbidden
Because of the file system permissions, the user gets the warning HTTP 403 "Forbidden" when accessing your home page. Even though all users should have Read permission to the directories and files that you have created in your public_html directory there may be a problem with the permissions because the documents are created in the directory.
To make your pages visible to others, you have to modify the permissions so that other users have read permissions to your files and directories.
You can modify the permissions either on a Windows workstation or in a Linux environment. When done correctly, the settings made in the Windows environment affect also the new files that you have created in the public_html directory. If you set the permissions in a Linunx environment, you must set them right every time you create new files.
Here is how to change the public_html folder permissions to give others access to your home page.
On a Windows workstation
Select your home directory in the public_html folder on the Z: drive. Right click on the public_html folder and in the popup menu, select Properties.
In the window that opens, select the Security tab. Wait for a moment while the Security view is updated. When the Advanced button activates, click on it.
Next, in the window that opens, select the Everyone group and click on the Edit button.
In the Apply onto drop-down menu, select This folder, subfolders and files as the scope for the change. Select (check both boxes) List Folder / Read Data and Traverse Folder / Execute File. Click on OK.
You will return to the previous window where you select Replace permission entries... (check the box). Click on Apply.
A window opens explaining that permissions are about to be changed in all files and folders. Accept by clicking on Yes.
After this procedure the contents of your home page will be browsable.
In the Linux shell
Use SSH to connect to the shell.metropolia.fi server and run the following commands:
find ~/public_html -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; find ~/public_html -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
- Created by Kalevi Lehto, last modified on 12.12.2011
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