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1. stephenn
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello
   have installed for first time (looks great package)
   have got it going and chosen a theme
   am tweeking in 'admin settings' where this line of options are showing across the page:

   General - Writing - Reading - Discussion - Privacy - Permalinks - Miscellaneous - UBD Block Ad Plugin

   have succesfully altered all but two... Reading and UBD Block Ad

   Prob: is that these last two allow alterations to be typed in but when the 'save' button is clicked... this page comment appears:

   Forbidden
   You don't have permission to access /blogs/wp-admin/options.php on this server.
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   Apache/1.3.27 Server at mywebsite.com Port 80

   Strange thing is: this appears every now and again with some of the other 'saves' from the other options.... but if i select a freah option and then return for second attempt it usually just works fine.... however, the two mentioned keep on faultering

   Any thoughts as to what may be causing this and a ressolve?

   thanks
   stephenn

2. angelfire4xx
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I have the same problem, like you I am the admin.
   I have just installed Wordpress 2.7.1. using the 5-minute install. All was completed perfectly. Then I tried to change the settings in options-general.php but when trying to save them all I get is an error message "Forbidden: You do not have permission to access this document."
   I don't know anything about phpMyAdmin although I can access it (v. 2.8.2.4) from my host's Plesk control panel, but I can't see anything about adjusting permissions.
   Am completely stumped. Is it something to do with CHMOD file permissions? If so, I couldn't see anything about this in the setup instructions.

3. BernardBorealis
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Permissions is something which is adjusted on the file or directory, not through phpmyadmin. It seems the /blogs/wp-admin/options.php file needs to have its permissions altered. Try chmoding it to 644 or 755. If that doesn't work, put it to 777.

4. Otto42
   Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Also, mod_security has been known to cause this. Ask your host about it.

5. losttraveller
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I too have this problem. I changed the permissions of the options file all the way up to 777 and then tried all the files prefixed with "options-" set at 777 and I still couldn't change settings. If someone knows where wp can be manually edited (in this case the tagline) it'd be much appreciated if you'd share! I'll keep looking!

6. bh_WP_fan
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   This is likely not a problem with permissions at all, but a problem with the path. Check your Settings > Miscellaneous and make sure that your upload path does not begin with a slash /
   Bad example: /wp-content/uploads
   Good example: wp-content/uploads

7. losttraveller
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   It wasn't a problem with my path, but thanks bh. I found the solution here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/185417?replies=23 It was mod_security playing games with me.

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