403 Forbidden

jaci

I've uploaded the files to my server, but I get a 403 Forbidden error when i try to access setup.php. I tried deleting, re-uploading, changing permissions, etc, but no dice.

Any suggestions?

jaci

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

My host's tech support isn't being of much assistance right now...

Chilifrei64

just out of curiosity.. can ypu put like a phpinfo() page up and see if that works or even an index.html with some content in it. I had a problem with my host and I was working with a subdomain and the way I wanted to do it didnt go with how their servers wanted it.. but anyways.. just see if ANYTHING showes up first....

jaci

Thanks for the suggestion....I put an index.html in there, and I still get a 403 error whenever I try to access my zenphoto directory.

My tech support responded with this:
"It appears to be an issue with your .htaccess file. When I removed it, it worked fine. Did you write that or did zenphoto generate it? One thing I noticed was that there is a path entry that is set to /zp. The full path to your installation is /home/pyrobunny/www/zenphoto."

I changed the config.php's mod rewrite to false in the hopes of getting rid of any .htaccess issues, reuploaded, but still doesn't help.

I don't understand the thing about the path entry to /zp. Can anyone explain that to me? My tech support is being super slow, and this is pretty frustrating.

CRB

You need to modify the .htaccess file to point to the correct folder in which you installed ZenPhoto. In other words, change the /zp in the .htaccess file in the /zenphoto folder to say /zenphoto.

Look for this line in the .htaccess file:
```# !!! Change this to the absolute path !!!`

Underneath that, after the ```RewriteBase`, change the path you see there (which should currently read `/zp`) to `/zenphoto`

jaci

is this .htaccess file in the zenphoto files, or is it going to be somewhere else on my server? if so, where is it normally stored?

i thought i had access to all levels of my server, but I can't seem to find it.

Luckyspin

It is part of the zenphoto file set. You can find it at the top level. E.g /zenphoto/.htacces. Note the period at the start, on *nix systems this makes it invisible. This sometimes causes problems with FTP clients. Make sure you have edited the file correctly and uploaded it to your server.

jaci

Thank you! Wow, it would be helpful if all this stuff was in the installation instructions, haha.

Okay, I set OSX to show invisible files, I edited the .htaccess file, and reuploaded it.

I am STILL getting the 403 Forbidden error, though.