Title: Forbidden
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Forbidden

 *  Resolved [damessenjah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damessenjah/)
 * (@damessenjah)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-20/)
 * When I try to login all I get is Forbidden on a white screen. This is happening
   at several sites that are house on the same server (same root directory). Any
   thoughts?

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 *  Thread Starter [damessenjah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damessenjah/)
 * (@damessenjah)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-20/#post-5550575)
 * I guess I should add that one site is set up for automatic update and the other
   is not but I updated it a week or two ago.
 *  Thread Starter [damessenjah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damessenjah/)
 * (@damessenjah)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-20/#post-5550583)
 * Host under DDoS
 *  [dj maskell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dj-maskell/)
 * (@dj-maskell)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-20/#post-5550584)
 * I’d start by checking your file permissions (644 for files, 755 for directories,
   generally speaking) and looking over your Apache config (including .htaccess 
   files). Have you changed anything else with your filesystem lately?
 *  Thread Starter [damessenjah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damessenjah/)
 * (@damessenjah)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-20/#post-5550586)
 * I have made no changes but I just read that the hosting service is under attack.
   This is likely the reason. Thanks DJ
 *  [dj maskell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dj-maskell/)
 * (@dj-maskell)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-20/#post-5550587)
 * Ah yes, I could see that as potentially being a problem!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forbidden-20/#post-5550587)
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