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All Sites 403ing after Root Reset

Posted on February 17, 2015

I’m running Ubuntu 14.04 with Virtualmin/Webmin. I reset the root password and now all my sites are 403ing. I’ve checked folder permissions and they are all set to the Apache user.



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As a last resort before pulling my hair out and weeping in shame, I reset the root password again and now it works.

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