Try checking the permissions on the directory itself – if you have a shell, chdir to wp-admin and do ls -lad if the permissions aren’t at least 755 on the dir, your webserver may have issues. (755 is rwxr-xr-x)
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frolix
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Thanks for the tip. However, it appears that settings for the directory itself are 777 as well.
I have the same problem. The install script claims that WordPress is successfully installed. However, when I try to log in using the username and password provided by the install script, I get a 403 error. The wp-admin directory permissions are 777. The permissions on all of the WordPress files are 755.
I’m fairly unimpressed with the WordPress installation. I had a far easier time installing MovableType. The installation instructions could be a lot more complete though, admittedly that wouldn’t look as cool and slick as a five line installation instruction set.
Aloha,
Smittie
So it turns out that index.php is not in the default list of file names supported by Apache as index page titles. I added to the Apache config file and WordPress now works as advertise.
Aloha,
Smittie
