Title: 403 Error
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# 403 Error

 *  [nadhir25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadhir25/)
 * (@nadhir25)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-50/)
 * I am attempting to install wordpress on a addon domain. The installation tool
   says that it is successful, but everytime I try to connect to the site I get 
   a 403 Forbidden 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.

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 *  [timondavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timondavis/)
 * (@timondavis)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-50/#post-7329732)
 * First thing to check is that the files and directories in your install (as well
   as the root directory itself) are readable as appropriate.
 * From [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions):
   
   All files should be owned by the actual user’s account, not the user account 
   used for the httpd process. Group ownership is irrelevant, unless there’s specific
   group requirements for the web-server process permissions checking. This is not
   usually the case. All directories should be 755 or 750. All files should be 644
   or 640. Exception: wp-config.php should be 440 or 400 to prevent other users 
   on the server from reading it. No directories should ever be given 777, even 
   upload directories. Since the php process is running as the owner of the files,
   it gets the owners permissions and can write to even a 755 directory.
 * Read more on the link page from wordpress.org for further details
 * It also may be worth a quick check of the .htaccess file in your root directory,
   assuming that apache is your server (it typically is). Look for any lines that
   have the actual number ‘403’ in them.

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 * [addon](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/addon/)
 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [timondavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timondavis/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-50/#post-7329732)
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