i just updated my website and the was the error
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
is there a way i can resolve this
Hi @lavgee
When the website was updated, it probably removed some files - including index.php or index.html of the directory you're trying to view, which is why you get that error, since directory listing is not something that is enabled by default.
Which website system do you use?
You can see more detailed errors in the error log, which is located in:
If using Apache, it's default location is /var/log/apache/error.log
If using Nginx, it's default location is /var/log/nginx/error.log
There is a possibility of mis-configuration after the website update -- that is, wrong file permissions are restricting the server to access the files. You should check the File permission of your web root directory which contained the index.html or index.php files.
For diagnostic correction, allow permission for all by typing:
sudo chmod -R 777 /path/to/index.html file/
and then;
sudo chown -R [username]:[group] /path/to/index.html file/
where username is the 'username' you use to login to the Droplet, and group will be www-data if your web server is Apache.
Please let us know if this tip solves your problem. If not. then we will have to correct the 'ErrorDocument' attribute in apache configration file or the attribute 'AllowOverride' in .htaccess file.
but what is the "file/" at the end of each of your lines there? is there a specific file i'm pointing to here?
I had the same issue even though I set correct permission 775 for folders and 644 for files
I assume your web root folder is /home
Please try this command:
chcon -R -t httpdsyscontent_t /home
It works for me and now the web root folder is "home", not the default /usr/share/nginx/html/