Hi Barb,
The forbidden error occurs in two main places, when attempting to access
the main page of the board, and when attempting to access a CGI script.
When accessing your board
If you are trying to access your board at
http://your.server.com/discus and
you get a forbidden error:
Attempt to access your board at
http://your.server.com/discus/index.html
instead. Some servers don't recognize "index.html" as a directory index
file, and require that it be typed explicitly.
Make sure that you haven't installed your HTML files under the server's
cgi-bin directory. If the server treats the HTML files as CGI scripts, this
error may occur. If you did install the HTML files under the cgi-bin
directory, you should run the setup again.
In a strange situation, it could be that your computer is forbidden from
accessing the files in that directory due to IP address restriction. This
would be a rare problem, but potentially possible.
When accessing CGI scripts
If you do not have CGI permission on your server, or you put CGI scripts in
directories without CGI privileges, you may get a "Forbidden" error.
Make sure that the permissions on the CGI file you are attempting to access
are set to 0755. The telnet setup automatically sets permissions to 755
rwxr-xr-x. If you did the FTP setup, be sure that you set permissions
properly on the scripts, as instructed in the readme.html file.
Make sure that the script is in a directory that allows the execution of
CGI scripts. Consult your ISP's documentation or your server's
documentation for instructions on setting up CGI directories. Typically
this needs to be under a cgi-bin directory (but not always).
Thanks,
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